Australian Rainfall and Runoff Newcastle Flood Model Client:
Australian Rainfall and Runoff - Engineers Australia Project
Reference: 2010026 The floods in Queensland and Victoria in 2011
have been a timely reminder of how destructive and dangerous
these types of natural disasters can be. While State and Local
government authorities are busy with the important task of
restoring infrastructure for communities in these flood affected
areas, researchers at the University of New South Wales Water
Research Laboratory (WRL) are working to assist planners and
emergency managers to more effectively deal with future floods.
Sophisticated, two-dimensional numerical computer models are
commonly being used to provide baseline data describing flood
levels, depths and velocities in flood prone areas.
Statistically analysed, these data can be used by planners and
managers to define the risk and relative hazard (safety) of
flood prone areas. The data can be used to determine a wide
range of planning outcomes from safe evacuat