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Portrait of Dr. Julie Drolet, PhD

B.C. floods are wake-up call to adapt infrastructure to meet realities of climate change: UCalgary professor

A portion of the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C., is destroyed following heavy rains and mudslides in B.C.

B.C. floods reveal fragile food supply chains — 4 ways to manage the crisis now and in the future

Disaster-mapping drones often neglect deadliest, costliest events and hardest-hit areas

Destroyed Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric plant after devastating debris flow of Feb 7, 2021.

Global coalition of scientists examine cause, scope of February 2021 disaster in India's Chamoli district

Quake Illustration

National disaster risk financing plan seen as vital for Canadians

A smokey haze from wildfires burning in the region blankets Vancouver, B.C.

Climate change puts health at risk and economists have the right prescription

Calgarians watch the waters rise in the Bow River during the June 2013 flood. Social media played a critical role in keeping citizens informed during the disaster.

Five years after the flood, social media evolves as key information platform in crises

Devastating flood had lasting, positive impacts on staff and alumni

In many homes in the hardest-hit communities in southwest Calgary, groundwater flooding was misidentified as sewer backup and insurance claims inappropriately paid out on that basis, says a study led by Jason Abboud.

Groundwater flooding, not sewer backup, blamed for damaging homes along Elbow River in 2013

How were you affected by the 2013 Calgary flood?