Member contribution on the physics behind cold and floods

12. Jan 2024 | General

Long periods of continuous rain, followed by several days of sub-zero temperatures. In the report Irre? “It’s physics.” After the floods may come the cold – and that threatens the building fabric, reports DKKV member Norbert Gebbeken, an...

Risk communication and societal adaptation

12. Jan 2024 | Climate Crisis meets Civil Protection, General

What is the difference between weather and climate and how are they connected? What are the interactions? How does effective risk communication work, and can we as a society still adapt to the consequences of the climate crisis? We addressed all of these questions...

Visit at IQIB

11. Jan 2024 | General

Yesterday, the DKKV office, represented by Benni Thiebes and Ronja Winkhardt-Enz, visited the Institute for Qualifying Innovation Research and Consulting GmbH (IQIB) in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. The institute is a subsidiary of the DKKV member German Aerospace Center...

Avarage Flood Level of 7,50 meters expected

5. Jan 2024 | General

The continuous rain of the past few days and weeks has caused flooding in large parts of Germany. The Rhine is now also rising sharply and flooding large parts of the banks in Bonn, among other places. The water level rose by 1.67 meters within 24 hours between 9 a.m....

SURVEY FLOOD VULNERABILITY

4. Jan 2024 | Flood 2021, Flut Forschungsaktivitäten, Flutplattform, General

This survey is being carried out as part of a master’s thesis. It is about the vulnerability to flooding in the Ahr valley. Specifically, the questions to be answered are which people, buildings and landscapes in the Ahr valley are particularly vulnerable, where...

CLIMATE CRISIS MEETS Civil PROTECTION – RISK COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL ADAPTATION

3. Jan 2024 | Climate Crisis meets Civil Protection, General

How are climate, weather and extreme weather connected? Storms are particularly severe in summer, sometimes with catastrophic consequences. Extreme weather events can now occur anywhere and have very different effects. But what can we do about these risks and how can...