FlashFloodBreaker Flash Flood Exercise On 17 September 2024, the Moselle Fire and Rescue Service organized a departmental exercise on the theme of flash flooding. The Scenario The chosen scenario involved a malfunction at the Saint-Louis /... 18 Nov 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Adopting to new climate conditions Imagine, if ... a massive cloudburst occurs in the North-West of the Netherlands. Days of heavy rain fall and a lot of water... At the same time, a huge problem is on the rise: The water cannot be dra... 6 Nov 2025
FlashFloodBreaker 5th Partner Meeting - Utrecht, Netherlands Excursion to the Dutch Water Defense System A highlight of the first day of the meeting was the visit of the 19th Century Dutch water Defense System, The Hollandse Waterlinie Learn more about the Wate... 6 Nov 2025
FlashFloodBreaker UPCOMING 5th Partner Meeting in Utrecht, Netherlands from November 5-8, 2025. In Utrecht the Project Working Group (PWG) will meet and work on the project activities, including an excursion to the 19th Century... 8 Oct 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Innovation in the making: Resilient Heritage Heritage in heavy weather In summer 2021, heavy rainfalls lead to several flash flood events in different regions of North-West Europe. In the province of Limburg in the Netherlands, not only ordinary... 19 Sep 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Cloudburst Exercise on Flood Emergency Response International partners are invited to take part in the exercise WHAT Dutch water authorities (HDSR, HHNK, Rijnland, AGV) and governmental and humanitarian bodies (Ministry of Water and Infrastructure,... 4 Sep 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Innovation in the making: Practising with private partners Resilience in the regions. In order to make whole regions more resilient against flood events contracting companies has a lot to offer. 19 May 2025
FlashFloodBreaker Innovation in the making: Mobile Flood Barriers In the event of high water or flooding, mobile barriers can be considered an alternative to the sandbag. One of our dutch partners together with TU Delft held a simposium on these effective flood prevention tools. 16 May 2025
FlashFloodBreaker 4th Partner Meeting - Hasselt, Flanders On April 1-2 more than 60 participants from our partners and associated organisations took part in the opening plenary in Hasselt, Flanders. In different breakout Sessions they then discussed the projects developments... 1 Apr 2025
FlashFloodBreaker UPCOMING The FlashFloodBreaker partnership meets up again for joint working. The project working group (PWG) meeting on 1st and 2nd April is open to the partners and associated organisations of the project. VM... 20 Mar 2025
FlashFloodBreaker International Handbook on Emergency Management for Flood Defences The increased frequency and severity of floods and aging defences require the strategy to also include emergency management of flood defences. Globally there is a wide range of response approaches ava... 25 Feb 2025
FlashFloodBreaker UPCOMING 4th Partner Meeting in Hasselt, Flanders from April 1- 2, 2025. The FlashFloodBreaker partnership is invited to the next partner meeting within the project framework. In Hasselt the Project Working Gr... 27 Jan 2025