{"id":7944,"date":"2018-01-29T03:47:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/report-warns-against-impending-flooding-globally\/"},"modified":"2018-01-29T03:47:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T03:47:10","slug":"report-warns-against-impending-flooding-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/report-warns-against-impending-flooding-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"Report warns against impending flooding globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_501592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"43\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes.jpg?resize=1280%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/ventra-lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-957x598.jpg 957w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-487x304.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-974x609.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-320x200.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-640x400.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-600x375.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-501592 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes.jpg?resize=1280%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-501592 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-957x598.jpg 957w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-487x304.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-974x609.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-320x200.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-640x400.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hurricanes-600x375.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(FILES) This file photo taken on August 27, 2017 shows people walking through the flooded waters of Telephone Rd. in Houston battled with tropical storm Harvey and resulting floods.&lt;br \/&gt;Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear. It was also the year the world\u2019s second largest polluter, the United States, turned its back on the 196-nation Paris climate deal meant to limit global warming to under two degrees Celsius (1.5 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels.&lt;br \/&gt;\/ AFP PHOTO \/ Thomas B. Shea \/ With AFP Story by Kerry SHERDAN: Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet in 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A report by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany, has alerted that rainfall changes caused by global warming will increase river flood risks across the globe including Africa. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, fluvial floods are among the most common and devastating natural disasters. Scientists\u00ed say there is the need for increase in flood protection until the year 2040s worldwide, breaking it down to single regions and cities.    <\/p>\n<p>The findings stressed that the need for adaptation is greatest in the US, Africa, and parts of India and Indonesia, and in Central Europe including Germany. <\/p>\n<p>Inaction would expose many millions of people to severe <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/flood-damage-repair-sd\/\">flooding<\/a>. More than half of the United States must at least double their protection level within the next two decades if they want to avoid a dramatic increase in river flood risks, it states.<\/p>\n<p>The lead-author, Sven Willner said without additional adaptation measures such as; enhancing dykes, improved river management, increasing building standards, or relocating settlements \u00f1 the number of people affected by the worst 10 percent of all river flooding events will increase in many places.<\/p>\n<p>In Northern America from 0.1 to 1 million \u00f1 while this seems not like a large number, it is a tenfold increase. In Germany it could rise sevenfold, from 0.1 to 0.7 million. Absolute values are even bigger elsewhere: in South America the number of people affected by flooding risks will likely increase from 6 to 12 million, in Africa from 25 to 34 million, and in Asia from 70 to 156 million. <\/p>\n<p>The real numbers might be even higher in the future as population growth and further urbanisation is not taken into account. Even in developed countries with good infrastructure the need for adaptation is big\u00ee, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The study is based on comprehensive computer simulations using existing data on rivers from a great number of sources. While this data is not perfect for each and every river in the remotest corners of our planet, it certainly is sufficient for places where a lot of people live, a lot of financial values are accumulated, and where flood risks are substantial \u00f1 we know enough about the places that matter\u00ee, Willner explains.<\/p>\n<p>The data on changes in rainfall evaporation and the like were from the worldwide largest modelling inter-comparison project of climate impacts (ISIMIP), coordinated by Katja Frieler at PIK. <\/p>\n<p>The spatial detail of the new study is roughly ten times more precise than in commonly used climate computer simulations.<\/p>\n<p>The co-author of the study Anders Levermann said; \u00ecWe have been surprised to find that even in developed countries with good infrastructure the need for adaptation is big\u00ee.<\/p>\n<p>The findings should be a warning to decision-makers. \u00ecIf they choose to ignore the issue, sadly enough disaster will come. <\/p>\n<p>The time has come where mitigating future climate change must be accompanied by adapting to the climate change that we already caused. Doing nothing will be dangerous\u00ee, he stated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/guardian.ng\/property\/report-warns-against-impending-flooding-globally\/\"> Guardian <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(FILES) This file photo taken on August 27, 2017 shows people walking through the flooded waters &hellip; <a title=\"Report warns against impending flooding globally\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/report-warns-against-impending-flooding-globally\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Report warns against impending flooding globally<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[519,518,1287,41,15282,10234],"class_list":["post-7944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-africa","tag-america","tag-natural-disaster","tag-property","tag-ross","tag-settlement"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hurricanes.jpg?fit=1280%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6177,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/nema-varsities-plan-national-capacity-building-for-disaster-risk-monitoring-in-states\/","url_meta":{"origin":7944,"position":0},"title":"NEMA, varsities plan national capacity building for disaster risk monitoring in states","author":"Amazing Property","date":"September 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Participants at the two-day programme organised by NEMA and UNDP in Lagos Following the recurring flooding in some part of the country, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has teamed up with six universities to devise plans to improve the nation\u2019s disaster readiness. 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