Hydrometeorological aspects of flood hazards in Canada
作者:
R.G. Lawford,
T.D. Prowse,
W.D. Hogg,
A.A. Warkentin,
P.J. Pilon,
期刊:
Atmosphere-Ocean
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 33,
issue 2
页码: 303-328
ISSN:0705-5900
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/07055900.1995.9649535
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Floods are major natural disasters in Canada and worldwide. Although technology has reduced the flood hazard in many areas, the world death toll from floods in recent decades still has averaged 4680 per year. During the summer of 1993, flooding in the U.S.A. caused an estimated $12 billion damage. These statistics confirm that floods are a major natural disaster.
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