Tag Archives: Nicholas Pinter

Dam-Failure Flood Risk in California: How to Manage Low-Probability Hazards

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Christine Parisek

by Kallee Bareket-Shavit, Ryan Miller, and Nicholas Pinter Every year, damaging floods strike somewhere around the world, including sometimes in California like during winter 2022-23. Even a house with just a 1% chance of flooding each year (by the so-called … Continue reading →

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Risk Rating 2.0: A first look at FEMA’s new flood insurance system

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Andrew Rypel

By Ryan Miller, Peter Hansen, and Nicholas Pinter Risk Rating 2.0 has been called the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)’s most significant reform in 50 years.  Roughly 77% of customers of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) nationwide will see … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Analysis of Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Harris County, Texas

Posted on September 1, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Nicholas Santos, and Rui Hui Located in Harris County, Texas, Houston is the 4th most populous city in the US.  The flooding now unfolding in the Houston area is a human and economic disaster likely to rank … Continue reading →

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Trump Killed Obama’s Flood Protection Rule Two Weeks Ago

Posted on August 30, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter This post was originally published as an op-ed in Fortune. Whether or not you like President Donald Trump, the current administration has not been gifted with great timing. Just 10 days before Hurricane Harvey made landfall, the … Continue reading →

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California, Flood Risk, and the National Flood Insurance Program

Posted on December 14, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Rui Hui, and Kathy Schaefer Across the US and worldwide, flooding is the deadliest and most costly natural disaster.  The US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is an imperfect framework for reducing flood losses, but currently the … Continue reading →

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Ecogeomorphology: A Transformative Expedition Education

Posted on September 18, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

This week, the Center for Watershed Sciences is proud to feature our flagship education course, Ecogeomorphology. What began as a collaboration between then-Professors Jeffrey Mount and Peter Moyle to introduce students to cross-discipline thinking in expedition settings has developed into … Continue reading →

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New Baton Rouge flood map show limits of current risk and planning methods

Posted on August 28, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Nicholas Santos, Rui Hui, Kathleen Schaefer The flooding in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas of Louisiana is a major disaster, claiming an estimated 13 lives and displacing more than 100,000 people from their homes. The National Weather … Continue reading →

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St. Helena, California: Dealing with a Field-of-Dreams Levee, Residual Risk, and a Flood of Controversy

Posted on July 17, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter A new $37.2[1] million levee in the town of St. Helena, on the floodplain of the Napa River, has a colorful history and has been stirring local acrimony since its inception.  This project illustrates both the attraction … Continue reading →

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Rising to El Niño’s challenges – and opportunities

Posted on November 29, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Nicholas Pinter The much-anticipated El Niño has now arrived, with increased potential for heavy rain and snowfall, including the possibility of localized flooding, mudslides and other hazards. While extreme storms, flooding and other natural disasters challenge society to protect … Continue reading →

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