Articles | Volume 25, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1501-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1501-2025
Research article
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25 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 25 Apr 2025

Assessing the impact of early warning and evacuation on human losses during the 2021 Ahr Valley flood in Germany using agent-based modelling

André Felipe Rocha Silva, Julian Cardoso Eleutério, Heiko Apel, and Heidi Kreibich

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Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on nhess-2024-183', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Dec 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', André Felipe Rocha, 23 Jan 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on nhess-2024-183', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Dec 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', André Felipe Rocha, 23 Jan 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Jan 2025) by Olga Petrucci
AR by André Felipe Rocha on behalf of the Authors (14 Feb 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Feb 2025) by Olga Petrucci
AR by André Felipe Rocha on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2025)  Manuscript 
Short summary
This work uses agent-based modelling to evaluate the impact of flood warning and evacuation systems on human losses during the 2021 Ahr Valley flood in Germany. While the first flood warning with evacuation instructions is identified as timely, its lack of detail and effectiveness resulted in low public risk awareness. Better dissemination of warnings and improved risk perception and preparedness among the population could reduce casualties by up to 80 %.
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