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Analysis of flash flood disaster characteristics in China from 2011 to 2015

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  • Bingshun He

    (Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the MWR
    China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research)

  • Xianlong Huang

    (Ministry of Water Resources of the People’s Republic of China)

  • Meihong Ma

    (Beijing Normal University
    Tsinghua University)

  • Qingrui Chang

    (Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the MWR
    China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research)

  • Yong Tu

    (Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the MWR
    China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research)

  • Qing Li

    (Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the MWR
    China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research)

  • Ke Zhang

    (Hohai University)

  • Yang Hong

    (Tsinghua University)

Abstract

Flash floods are one of the most disastrous natural hazards and cause serious loss of life and economic damage every year. Flooding frequently affects many regions in China, including periodically catastrophic events. An extensive compilation of the available data has been conducted across various hydroclimatological regions to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of flash floods in China. This inventory includes over 782 documented events and is the first step toward establishing an atlas of extreme flash flood occurrences in China. This paper first presents the data compilation strategy, details of the database contents, and the typical examples of first-hand analysis results. The subsequent analysis indicates that the most extreme flash floods originate mainly from small catchments over complex terrains and results in dominantly small- and medium-sized flooding events in terms of scales; however, these events, abrupt and seasonally recurrent in nature, account for a large proportion of the overall flooding-related disasters, especially disproportionately affecting elderly and youth populations. Finally, this study also recommends several immediate measures could be implemented to mitigate high impacts of deadly flash floods, although it still requires long-term significant efforts to protect human life and property in a country like China.

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  • Bingshun He & Xianlong Huang & Meihong Ma & Qingrui Chang & Yong Tu & Qing Li & Ke Zhang & Yang Hong, 2018. "Analysis of flash flood disaster characteristics in China from 2011 to 2015," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 90(1), pages 407-420, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:90:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s11069-017-3052-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-3052-7
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