UPCOMING: Transnational Cloudburst Exercise in Utrecht, NL- November 7-8, 2025

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As part of the FlashFloodBreaker project the following six posters summarise a series of Bachelor's and Master's theses at RWTH Aachen University (Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management - IWW), which were successfully completed in fall 2024.

Publications made within the FlashFloodBreaker project (INTERREG North-West Europe) - Status in September 2025 

FlashFloodBreaker - Gemeinsam auf Sturzfluten vorbereiten (2024). In : Geschäfts- und Nachhatigkeitsbericht der Emschergenossenschaft. Essen.

Beke, Pierick (2025): Runoff modeling using the Rain-On-Grid method in TELEMAC 2D. Poster. Aachen, April 2025. Available online at:https://flashfloodbreaker.nweurope.eu/information-material, checked on 9/19/2025. 

Burchard, Erik von (2025): Hydrodynamic simulations of pluvial and fluvial flooding in the Emscher catchment area. Poster. Aachen, April 2025. Available online at:https://flashfloodbreaker.nweurope.eu/information-material, checked on 9/19/2025. 

De Becker, Alexander; et alli (2025): New insights into backwater rise induced by debris blockage at bridges. 41st International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) World Congress. Université de Liège. singapore, 06.2025. Available online at:  https://2025.iahr.org/  

Emschergenossenschaft (2024): Geschäfts- und Nachhatigkeitsbericht der Emschergenossenschaft. Essen. Available online at: https://www.eglv.de/medien/infomaterial-publikationen/ , checked on 9/19/2025. 

Huber, Sabrina (2025): Integration of hydraulic processes in 2-dimensional simulations of heavy rainfall scenarios. Poster. Aachen, April 2025. Available online at: https://flashfloodbreaker.nweurope.eu/information-material, checked on 9/19/2025. 

Hupel, Giorgio (2025): Optimization of 2D simluations in urban areas with Telemac-2D. Poster. Aachen, April 2025. Available online at:https://flashfloodbreaker.nweurope.eu/information-material, checked on 9/19/2025. 

Interreg North-West Europe (2025): Video spoltlight - German, French and Dutch firebrigades together for a flood responsive exercise. Edited by Interreg North-West Europe (13). Available online at: https://mailchi.mp/nweurope/interreg-north-west-europe-newsletter-issue-february-12841041?e=915af0500a . 

Leise, Volker (2024): Sturzfluten: Kooperation „FlashFloodBreaker“ will transnationale Reaktion verbessern. In EUWID Wasser und Abwasser (33). Available online at:  https://www.euwid-wasser.de/news/wirtschaft/sturzfluten-kooperation-flashfloodbreaker-will-transnationale-reaktion-verbessern-290724/

Mahmood, Faisal; et alli (2025): Advancing Land Cover Classification for Hydrological Modelling and Flood Resilience in Ireland using Sentinel-2 Imagery. National Environ2025 Conference. Dublin, 3/10/2025. 

Nordstadtblogger-Redaktion (2024): Schutz vor Sturzfluten: Startschuss für Projekt „FlashFloodBreaker“ im belgischen Lüttich. In Die Nordstadtblogger, 7/29/2024. Available online at: https://www.nordstadtblogger.de/schutz-vor-sturzfluten-startschuss-fuer-projekt-flashfloodbreaker-im-belgischen-luettich/, checked on 9/19/2025. 

Rodríguez Castro, D.; Cools, M.; Roucour, S.; Archambeau, P.; Molinari, D.; Scorzini, A. R. et al. (2025): Can macro- or meso-scale coping capacity variables improve the classification of building flood losses? In Nat Hazards 121 (7), pp. 8179–8209. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-025-07123-4. 

Schabasser, Helene; Barco, Francesca (2025): Facing the storms together: Building resilience against weather extremes in Germany. In News & Stories 10 April 2025. Available online at https://interreg.eu/news-stories/facing-the-storms-together-building-resilience-against-weather-extremes-in-germany/, checked on 9/19/2025. 

Schwab, Anton (2025): Differentiation and characterization of flash flood endangered areas. Poster. Aachen, April 2025. Available online at:https://flashfloodbreaker.nweurope.eu/information-material, checked on 9/19/2025. 

Université de Liège (27 April-2025): Structural damage grade classifier for residential buildings based on the July 2021. Poster. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025. Vienna, Autria & online, 27 April-5/2/2025. Available online at: https://www.egu25.eu/. 

Weser, Timm (2025): Transmission of flash flood simluation results into decision-relevant information. Poster. Aachen, April 2025. Available online at:https://flashfloodbreaker.nweurope.eu/information-material, checked on 9/19/2025.