Hacker News with Generative AI: Flooding

Spain's PM orders 10k troops and police to Valencia (bbc.com)
Spain's prime minister has ordered 5,000 more troops and 5,000 police officers and civil guards to the Valencia region as residents criticise local authorities over their response to catastrophic flooding.
Spain, Flooding, Disaster Response, Military, Police
5 points by perihelions 19 days ago | 1 comments
Why Appalachia flooded so from Helene's remnants (scientificamerican.com)
Hurricane Helene hit Florida’s western coast as a Category 4 hurricane on September 26 and was accompanied by serious storm surges—but the damage didn’t end there.
Hurricanes, Weather, Flooding, Appalachia
31 points by anigbrowl 52 days ago | 20 comments
'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5k-year flood (bbc.com)
Storm Boris is the latest deluge in one of the most flood-plagued periods in Europe in the past 500 years, but one city escaped relatively unscathed.
Flooding, Climate Change, City Planning, Europe
3 points by Brajeshwar 60 days ago | 1 comments
'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5k-year flood (bbc.com)
Storm Boris is the latest deluge in one of the most flood-plagued periods in Europe in the past 500 years, but one city escaped relatively unscathed.
Flooding, Climate Change, Urban Planning, Europe
14 points by Geekette 62 days ago | 0 comments
Tech failure nearly caused massive flood in Amsterdam (nltimes.nl)
Tech Failure, Flooding, Amsterdam
74 points by belter 78 days ago | 50 comments
A Louisiana gas plant sea wall shows challenges of flooding, energy demand (washingtonpost.com)
Louisiana, Flooding, Energy, Climate Change, Infrastructure
52 points by howard941 139 days ago | 63 comments
Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves hundreds of thousands displaced (msf.org)
Flooding, Brazil, Disaster Relief, Humanitarian Crisis
70 points by kaycebasques 183 days ago | 28 comments
Desert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years (theguardian.com)
Dubai, Weather, Climate Change, Flooding, Middle East
67 points by croes 218 days ago | 23 comments