@article{KreibichHudsonMerz2021,
  author    = {Kreibich, Heidi and Hudson, Paul and Merz, Bruno},
  title     = {Knowing what to do substantially improves the effectiveness of flood early warning},
  series = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
  volume    = {102},
  journal   = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {American Meteorological Soc.},
  address   = {Boston},
  issn      = {0003-0007},
  doi       = {10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0262.1},
  pages     = {E1450 -- E1463},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Flood warning systems are longstanding success stories with respect to protecting human life, but monetary losses continue to grow. Knowledge on the effectiveness of flood early warning in reducing monetary losses is scarce, especially at the individual level. To gain more knowledge in this area, we analyze a dataset that is unique with respect to detailed information on warning reception and monetary losses at the property level and with respect to amount of data available. The dataset contains 4,468 loss cases from six flood events in Germany. These floods occurred between 2002 and 2013. The data from each event were collected by computer-aided telephone interviews in four surveys following a repeated cross-sectional design. We quantitatively reveal that flood early warning is only effective in reducing monetary losses when people know what to do when they receive the warning. We also show that particularly long-term preparedness is associated with people knowing what to do when they receive a warning. Thus, risk communication, training, and (financial) support for private preparedness are effective in mitigating flood losses in two ways: precautionary measures and more effective emergency responses.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FarragBrillNguyenetal.2022,
  author    = {Farrag, Mostafa and Brill, Fabio Alexander and Nguyen, Viet Dung and Sairam, Nivedita and Schr{\"o}ter, Kai and Kreibich, Heidi and Merz, Bruno and de Bruijn, Karin M. and Vorogushyn, Sergiy},
  title     = {On the role of floodplain storage and hydrodynamic interactions in flood risk estimation},
  series = {Hydrological sciences journal = Journal des sciences hydrologiques},
  volume    = {67},
  journal   = {Hydrological sciences journal = Journal des sciences hydrologiques},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0262-6667},
  doi       = {10.1080/02626667.2022.2030058},
  pages     = {508 -- 534},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Hydrodynamic interactions, i.e. the floodplain storage effects caused by inundations upstream on flood wave propagation, inundation areas, and flood damage downstream, are important but often ignored in large-scale flood risk assessments. Although new methods considering these effects sometimes emerge, they are often limited to a small or meso scale. In this study, we investigate the role of hydrodynamic interactions and floodplain storage on flood hazard and risk in the German part of the Rhine basin. To do so, we compare a new continuous 1D routing scheme within a flood risk model chain to the piece-wise routing scheme, which largely neglects floodplain storage. The results show that floodplain storage is significant, lowers water levels and discharges, and reduces risks by over 50\%. Therefore, for accurate risk assessments, a system approach must be adopted, and floodplain storage and hydrodynamic interactions must carefully be considered.},
  language  = {en}
}