New insights into flood warning reception and emergency response by affected parties

Kreibich, Heidi; Müller, Meike; Schröter, Kai; Thieken, Annegret H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-2075-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-2075-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-2075-2017

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Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

Research article

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29 Nov 2017

Research article |

| 29 Nov 2017

New insights into flood warning reception and emergency response by affected parties

Heidi Kreibich, Meike Müller, Kai Schröter, and Annegret H. Thieken

Data sets

HOWAS 21 German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) https://doi.org/10.1594/GFZ.SDDB.HOWAS21

Short summary

Early warning is essential for protecting people and mitigating damage in case of flood events. To gain more knowledge, surveys were taken after the 2002 and the 2013 floods in Germany. Results show that early warning and preparedness improved substantially. However, there is still room for further improvement, which needs to be triggered mainly by effective risk and emergency communication.