Beitrag von egeplast international GmbH

Mobiler Emtez Hochwasserschutz FloodFence™ ist eine schnelle und effektive Lösung für den Schutz vor Sturzfluten. Das modulare System kann von einer Person in wenigen Minuten aufgebaut werden. Es gibt eine leichte und eine schwere Version für verschiedene Hochwasserszenarien, einschließlich größerer Überschwemmungen und Gezeitenanwendungen. FloodFence™ nutzt den hydrostatischen Druck für seine Stabilität und verfügt über ein selbstverriegelndes System, das Verschraubungen überflüssig macht und einen schnellen Aufbau ermöglicht. Dank der robusten Materialien ist es wiederverwendbar und beschädigte Komponenten können leicht ausgetauscht werden. Das schlanke Design ermöglicht einen minimalen Lagerbedarf, da die Einheiten ineinander gesteckt werden können. Mehr Informationen auf https://lnkd.in/e56qPJQB https://lnkd.in/enxjFkx4

Source of reference: ❗️🇦🇹 ALERT❗️13. September 2024 🕣 20:39 Please help! The flood situation in the country is getting worse - the "Krone" with our large family of readers and Caritas want to help those affected by the storms quickly and unbureaucratically. Volunteers who want to lend a hand can register online at fuereinand.at. Regions and Rivers: Kamptal, Hadersdorf am Kamp (Lower Austria). Mobile flood protection has been set up. Helpers were deployed throughout Lower Austria. A total of 312 operations were recorded by the evening, 220 fire departments took action with 460 vehicles. Chancellor Karl Nehammer holds crisis meeting. Chancellor Nehammer has canceled the election campaign meetings planned for the weekend. City of Vienna activates flood protection. According to the flood control center MA 45, the flood control center in Langenzersdorf and two other weirs on the New Danube will be continuously manned from Saturday morning in order to be adequately prepared for the expected volumes of water. On alert in other Austria federal states too. Upper Austria: Mobile flood protection is being set up in Linz, Steyr and Mauthausen. According to Geosphere Austria, it will rain most on Friday and Saturday in the area from Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland to Upper Austria, most of Salzburg and Upper Styria and the Tyrolean lowlands. https://lnkd.in/dtyVDmVd

letzte Woche haben wir unseren Detailed Assessment Report für die umfangreichen Überschwemmungen in Norddeutschland Dez.'23/Jan.'24 veröffentlicht. Diese Berichtreihe überprüft jeweils die Genauigkeit der Prognosen, die Kommunikation nach außen sowie die Pünktlichkeit der Warnungen die von EFAS bereitgestellt wurden. Die Analyse zeigte eine insgesamt gute Performance, wobei auch Maßnahmen zur weiteren Verbesserung herausgearbeitet wurden. Wir vom MDCC analysierten für diesen Bericht die meteorologische Situation, die zu diesem Ereignis führte (Kapitel 2.2). https://lnkd.in/eyPm7y6n

The recent collapse of Transpower New Zealand tower in NZ (cutting power to 100,000 properties!) due to contractors removing too many nuts from bolts connecting the tower to a base plate was a great reminder on importance of not only continuously reviewing and updating controls and risk management practices but also ongoing trainings. Transmission towers can collapse as a result of natural disasters, such as storms & fires & flooding, from engineering maintenance defects, from accidents, sabotage, bendover, landslide (remember the one near town of Poatina in Tasmania in 2022?) or due to maintenance. It also reminded me, years ago we were running a risk analysis and Event Tree Analysis (ETA) for collapse of transmission tower by using global historical data when we came across a similar case in Japan 1998, where 76 bolts were removed without authorisation from the base of the tower. So it seems, the NZ event was NOT actually ‘unprecendented’!! For Australia, the key causes of tower failures will continue to be thunderstorms, landslide, flooding, bushfires, cyclone, and dust storm. Hence, the use of data-driven quantitative risk assessment tools and techniques is considerably increasing by E&C organisations globally not only for applications during development and delivery of the power infrastructure projects but also for optimum maintaining and operating these assets effectively and efficiently. In a study undertaken by The Ohio State University in 2022, the team developed a machine learning model for predicting how susceptible overhead transmission lines are to damage when natural hazards like hurricanes happen in quick succession. Their findings suggest that previous damage has a considerable impact on the fragility and reliability of these networks if it can’t be repaired before the second hazard hits. The machine learning model not only found that a combination of natural disasters could be particularly devastating to the electrical grid, but that the order of the disasters may make a difference. Any thoughts or similar cases to share?

Mit 1,54 °C über dem vorindustriellen Durchschnitt wird das Jahr 2024 voraussichtlich das heißeste Jahr seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen. Ein wärmeres Klima begünstigt das Auftreten vieler der Naturkatastrophen, die im Jahr 2024 beobachtet wurden. Europa hat insbesondere starke Überschwemmungen erlebt, die laut Schätzungen des Swiss Re Institute zu den zweithöchsten versicherten Schäden durch Überschwemmungen in der Region geführt haben. https://lnkd.in/dtDpzgTx

As on, Sunday 23rd June the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office first reported that debris had begun to accumulate at the dam. By Monday afternoon, county officials announced a partial failure of the dam's west abutment. Despite the severity of the situation, there are currently no plans for mass evacuation. No evacuation orders have been issued so far, and precautionary works have been put into place. More specifically, these include a 34.6-foot-high earth wall levee and fortification of several facilities with sandbags and barriers. In 2023, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) released a report titled "The Cost of Rehabilitating Dams in the U.S.: A Methodology and Estimate." The report estimates that rehabilitating the nation’s non-federal dams will cost $157.5 billion, with $34.1 billion needed for the most critical dams alone. This report underscores the urgent need to prioritize dam rehabilitation to ensure public safety and prevent potential disasters! With relevance to the above, in 2021, a study was actually conducted on the Rapidan Dam which has not produced energy since 2019, which identified two feasible solutions for the dam’s state of disrepair: repair or remove the dam. - Repair the dam to working condition which would cost around $15,000,000 with a duration of around 4 years. - Remove the dam would cost around $82,000,000 and would take approximately 10 years for permitting and removal and this construction would also include re-establishing the river and replacing the county road 9 south of the dam. It is evident that urgent action is required to rehabilitate dams in the U.S., as highlighted in this video. The need for rehabilitation is crucial to safeguard lives and prevent catastrophic failures. My heartfelt thoughts and support go out to everyone affected by this situation. I think its imperative that the US government initiates these critical infrastructure updates to address these pressing issues and ensure safety for the people.

🌊 Steigende Gefahr durch Hochwasser: KI als zuverlässiges Frühwarnsystem? Um Hochwasserkatastrophen wie im Juni 2021 im Ahrtal (Deutschland) oder September 2024 in Osteuropa zu verhindern oder zumindest die damit verbundenen Gefahren weitestgehend zu reduzieren, sind akkurate, flächendeckende und einfach empfangbare Frühwarnsysteme unerlässlich. 🗣 Herkömmliche Frühwarnsysteme sind jedoch auf Pegeldaten von Messstationen angewiesen, was insbesondere in Ländern ohne entsprechende Infrastrukturen zu Problemen führt. Abhilfe könnte das KI-Frühwarnmodell «Flood Hub» von Google schaffen. 🤔 Wieso könnte der Einsatz von Flood Hub (real-time global flood forecasting) sinnvoll sein? Im Gegensatz zu üblichen Frühwarnsystemen ist Flood Hub nicht auf Pegeldaten angewiesen, sondern nutzt frei zugängliche Wetterdaten. Ein weiterer Vorteil des KI-Modells: Anders als die gebräuchlichen Frühwarnsysteme konnte es in Testläufen schon Tage vor drohenden Katastrophen vor Hochwassern warnen; üblicherweise geschieht dies erst einige Stunden vor der Gefahrenlage. Die Verwendung von KI in diesem Kontext könnte viel bringen: So haben Erhebungen der World Health Organization gezeigt, dass Frühwarnsysteme die Zahl an hochwasserbedingten Toten um bis zu 43% und wirtschaftliche Schäden um bis zu 50% reduzieren können. Ob sich Flood Hub durchsetzen und zuverlässige Vorhersagen liefern kann, wird sich zeigen. #Hochwasser #Frühwarnsystem #KI Flood Hub 👉 https://g.co/floodhub Wissenschaftlicher Artikel der Google-Developer zum Einsatz des KI-Modells 👉 https://lnkd.in/gJxQGeyH Medienberichte 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3Qqxrpg 👉 https://lnkd.in/gNtv3Kb6

WorldRiskReport The WorldRiskReport is an annual technical report on global disaster risks published jointly by IFHV and Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft. Its focus is on highlighting linkages and interactions between extreme natural events, negative impacts of climate change, societal inequalities, and disaster risk reduction to provide a realistic assessment of disaster risks at the global level. Each year, articles by interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners present approaches and recommended actions to address current challenges to disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and development policy. In addition to these articles, each report includes a global ranking of 193 countries using the WorldRiskIndex analysis model, which provides deeper insights into several key aspects of disaster risk management. Initially, the WorldRiskIndex was developed by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in 2011 for Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft to analytically link and relate the two factors of disaster risks – exposure to natural hazards such as earthquakes, storms or droughts, and societal capacities to respond to this kind of events. The methodology of the WorldRiskIndex has been continuously revised and developed by the IFHV since 2018. In 2022, a new, fully revised model of the WorldRiskIndex was published, enabling more accurate analyses of disaster risks by incorporating more than 100 indicators, new data sources, and more robust statistical methods. The annual reports published jointly by IFHV and Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft can be found below. https://buff.ly/47qgkBx https://buff.ly/3ziuOqA

Mit dem Klimawandel werden extreme Wetterereignisse zur Norm. Daher haben wir das Scheurich Flood Barrier für die Sektionaltorsysteme entwickelt, um Ihr Zuhause zu schützen. 💧💪 Unser hochbelastbares Abdichtungssystem wurde intensiv getestet und kann Wasser bis zu einer Höhe von 500 mm zurückhalten, selbst bei Toren mit einer Breite von bis zu 3000 mm. Egal, ob Sie ein neues Tor installieren oder ein bestehendes aufrüsten möchten - unser Flood Barrier passt zu Ihren Bedürfnissen. 👉 Anders als andere Systeme müssen Sie unsere Barrieren nicht jedes Mal montieren, wenn eine Überschwemmung droht. Sobald das Tor geschlossen wird, hält die Flood Barrier das Wasser draußen.

Discussion#2 #Flood protection/ anti #erosion works and #aesthetics- use of technological advancements in #material technology. Flood protection/ anti-erosion works are essentially considered as #emergency measures and generally, very little attention is paid to its aesthetics/ look during its construction or maintenance. My view: To start with all #embankments should essentially have metalled #pavements. Besides good look and better #transport facilities, it provides multiple benefits like good #quality control/ better #compaction during #construction, better operation and #maintenance of embankments against the #breaching due to constantly under use and #surveillance. Embankment breaches are one of the major reason for damages during the floods and above considerations may certainly provide mitigation from this #anthropogenic disaster. Secondly, for anti-erosion works like bank #revetments, technological advancement in the field of material technology must be propped up so that the use of some well fabricated material, which are aesthetically good looking as well as withstands the #functional and #structural requirements, are considerably increased. Aesthetically good looking structures attract the visitors and subsequently it provides better surveillance and #maintenance.