Floods Courses and Certifications

Gresham College

Health Effects of Extreme Weather Events - Cold, Heat, Storms, and Floods

Explore health impacts of extreme weather events and countermeasures. Sir Chris Whitty discusses cold, heat, storms, floods, climate change, and population aging, offering insights on mitigating risks and protecting vulnerable groups.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Extreme Precipitation - Floods, Droughts, and Water Cycle Impacts - Week 2 Lecture 7

Explore extreme precipitation events and their devastating impacts on floods, droughts, and global water cycle disruptions in this comprehensive analysis.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Practical Engineering

An Engineer's Perspective on the Texas Floods

Explore engineering insights into Texas flooding disasters, examining infrastructure challenges, flood management systems, and the complex factors behind devastating water events.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Nick Zentner

Bonneville Flood - Ice Age Floods Series Episode 5

In-depth exploration of the Bonneville Flood, featuring expert discussions with Shawn Willsey and Jim O'Connor. Covers geological history, impact, and significance of this massive Ice Age flood event in the Pacific Northwest.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Nick Zentner

Glacial Lake Missoula - Ice Age Floods Series Episode U

Explore the fascinating history of Glacial Lake Missoula with geologist Larry Smith. Discover the impact of Ice Age floods on the Pacific Northwest landscape through expert insights and visual aids.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Nick Zentner

Columbia Submergence - Ice Age Floods A to Z, Episode M

Explore the geological history of the Columbia Basin's submergence during the Ice Age, including Bretz's groundbreaking research and its implications for understanding prehistoric floods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Nick Zentner

Pre-Glacial Drainages - Ice Age Floods A to Z - Episode E

Explore pre-glacial drainage systems and their impact on Ice Age floods with geologist Nick Zentner. Discover ancient landscapes and geological processes that shaped North America.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Water World: Historic Floods, Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge and Climate Change

Climate change impacts on coastal communities: Experts discuss sea level rise, flooding, and storm surge, presenting new assessments for the northern Gulf of Mexico and global coastal regions based on climate projections for 2100.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Rain on Snow Floods in a Changing Climate

Explore the impact of climate change on rain-on-snow floods, examining their frequency, intensity, and consequences for water management and ecosystems.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Alan Turing Institute

FloodSENS – Smart Sensing of Floods

Exploiting optical satellite data for rapid flood mapping using Machine Learning, addressing SAR limitations in urban and densely vegetated areas, with applications in disaster response and insurance.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

USENIX

BGP Vortex - Update Message Floods Can Create Internet Instabilities

Discover how BGP Vortex attacks exploit legitimate protocol messages to create Internet instabilities, causing router overload and forwarding loops that bypass existing security mechanisms.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Modelling Rainfall Extremes and Floods Over Karnataka

Explore modelling techniques for rainfall extremes and floods in Karnataka, focusing on data assimilation methods and their applications in weather and climate prediction.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Australian Water School

Earth's Biggest Floods - Investigating Megafloods and Their Impact on Landscapes

Explore Earth's largest floods, their geological evidence, and impacts on landscapes. Learn to interpret flood clues for engineering and modeling applications.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

USENIX

SmartCookie: Blocking Large-Scale SYN Floods with a Split-Proxy Defense on Programmable Data Planes

Discover how SmartCookie leverages programmable switches to block SYN flood attacks while maintaining network performance, offering innovative defense mechanisms for modern high-speed networks.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

The 2013 Uttarakhand and 2015 South India Floods - Case Studies

Explore devastating flood case studies from Uttarakhand 2013 and South India 2015 to understand disaster patterns, causes, and impacts on communities.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video