New insights into flood warning reception and emergency response by affected parties

Kreibich, Heidi; Müller, Meike; Schröter, Kai; Thieken, Annegret H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-2075-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-2075-2017

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Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

Research article

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29 Nov 2017

Research article |

| 29 Nov 2017

New insights into flood warning reception and emergency response by affected parties

Heidi Kreibich, Meike Müller, Kai Schröter, and Annegret H. Thieken

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Valuable research that should be expanded on', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'author comment', Heidi Kreibich, 30 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review of nhess-2016-133 Early Warning', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'authors response', Heidi Kreibich, 30 Oct 2016
RC3: 'Review of NHESS 2016-133 Reviewer #3', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'authors response', Heidi Kreibich, 30 Oct 2016

Short summary

Early warning is essential for protecting people and mitigating damage in case of flood events. To gain more knowledge, surveys were taken after the 2002 and the 2013 floods in Germany. Results show that early warning and preparedness improved substantially. However, there is still room for further improvement, which needs to be triggered mainly by effective risk and emergency communication.