Characterizing the Flash Flooding Risks from 2011 to 2016 over China

摘要: Flash floods induced by heavy rainfall occur frequently in China, which cause severe damages or even casualties every year. generally small catchments, and therefore were poorly documented. A Database including 963 flash flood events China is compiled studied this study. Analytical results (a) indicate condition China; (b) shed light on the spatial-temporal distribution of under (c) detect characteristics 2016 flood. In 2016, deaths due to concentrated, accounting for about half elderly children. Hebei Fujian provinces most affected floods. The disasters mainly occurred July major types river Despite frequent torrential rains, inadequate monitoring early warning systems made flooding worse 2016.