Natural Hazards

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We provide expert advice to inform disaster management and risk mitigation.

Hazards

A summary of the areas of hazards research at NIWA.

Feature: Assessing Edgecumbe flood damage

Edgecumbe Flood Damage

NIWA and GNS scientists recently visited Edgecumbe to assess flood damage in the area. In this video, local residents show the flood impacts on property, and hazards engineer Kate Crowley talks about flood scenario research.

RiskScape

RiskScape, a joint venture between GNS Science and NIWA, is a tool for analysing potential economic and human impacts and losses from multiple natural hazards.

Lake Tekapo - a tsunami hazard?

NIWA scientists scan Lake Tekapo with the aim of finding out if submarine landslides can create a tsunami hazard for the Lake Tekapo township and hydropower infrastructure.

Dr Joshu Mountjoy talks us through the technology involved with this multi-disciplinary project. Project funded by the Natural Hazards Research Platform.

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