News tagged with flash floods
The flash before the flood
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2008 |
3.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Flash floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, and because of their unpredictability they're the leading weather-related cause of death for Americans. They usually arrive with little or no warning, ...
Scientists test system to forecast flash floods along Colorado's front range
Jul 22, 2008 |
not rated yet |
0
People living near vulnerable creeks and rivers along Colorado's Front Range may soon get advance notice of potentially deadly floods, thanks to a new forecasting system being tested this summer by the National ...
Search results for flash floods
Hurricane Katrina: Phone home
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 06, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation.
Adobe to offer Flash to iPhone developers
Oct 05, 2009 |
1.8 / 5 (5) |
3
(AP) - Adobe Systems says developers for Apple's iPhone will be able to use its video-enabling software, Flash, to create applications for the device for the first time.
Organic flash memory developed
Dec 17, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (20) |
3
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials.
Scientists prepare for large-scale glacial floods (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
3.4 / 5 (5) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surging floods as powerful as the Amazon could hit parts of Europe within decades, according to new research.
Floods to become commonplace by 2080
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 08, 2009 |
2.4 / 5 (16) |
11
Flooding like that which devastated the North of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown.
SanDisk Ships Flash Memory Cards With 64 Gigabit X4 NAND Technology
Oct 16, 2009 |
5 / 5 (10) |
0
SanDisk announced it has begun production shipments of flash memory cards based on the company's advanced X4 flash memory technology. This innovative new technology holds four bits of data in each memory cell, ...
Tiny flash drive is also durable
Sep 04, 2009 |
3 / 5 (8) |
6
Just the other day, my son was looking for his flash drive that is a requirement for all college freshmen. His mom was the one who found it due to the loud clanging noise coming from the automatic dryer. ...
Archaeologists explore Peruvian mystery
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 22, 2008 |
3.7 / 5 (32) |
1
Indiana Jones may be flying over the Nazca Lines in Peru in his latest Hollywood adventure, but two British archaeologists have been investigating the enigmatic desert drawings for several years.
Messenger RNA with FLASH
Oct 22, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a key player in a molecular process essential for DNA replication within cells.
Extreme weather monitoring boosted by space sensor
Jul 16, 2007 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
0
The first soil moisture maps with a spatial resolution of one km are available online for the entire southern African subcontinent. As soil moisture plays an important role in the global water cycle, these maps, based on ...
List of search results for flash floods
