Floodwater spreading for the artificial recharge of groundwater (ARG) is a logical alternative to build large dams for water resources management in dry environments so that it not only enhances water security, but also reclaims the degraded land due to the settlement of suspended load on the spreaders. However, translocation of very fine clay minerals existing in floodwater decreases the infil...

BACKGROUND Concerns over increased reports of physical health symptoms thought to be related to floodwater exposure among New Orleans firefighters prompted a health hazard evaluation of firefighters following Hurricane Katrina. METHODS A questionnaire assessing health symptoms possibly related to the response to Hurricane Katrina was administered to all New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD) pers...

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When Hurricane Katrina swept into Louisiana and Mississippi, it took more than a thousand lives, displaced more than a million people, and exposed an incompetent government response plan. But that was apparently not enough bad news for some folks to report. It was time to turn to one of our era’s favorite bogeymen: toxic sludge. “The dank and putrid floodwaters choking this oncegracious city ar...

Abstract. The flood–pedestrian simulator uses a parallel approach to couple hydrodynamic model pedestrian in single agent-based modelling (ABM) framework on graphics processing units (GPU), allowing dynamic exchange and of multiple-agent information across the two models. is enhanced with more realistic human body characteristics in-model behavioural rules. new features are implemented factor a...

Anaerobic soil conditions resulting from flooding often enhance release of phosphorus (P) to overlying water. Enhanced P release is well documented for flooded acidic soils; however, there is little information for flooded alkaline soils. We examined the effect of flooding and anaerobic conditions on P mobilization using 12 alkaline soils from Manitoba that were either unamended or amended with...