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  2. 100-year flood - Wikipedia

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    For river systems, a 100-year flood is generally expressed as a flowrate. Based on the expected 100-year flood flow rate, the flood water level can be mapped as an area of inundation. The resulting floodplain map is referred to as the 100-year floodplain. Estimates of the 100-year flood flowrate and other streamflow statistics for any stream in ...

  3. Project NOAH (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    July 6, 2012; 12 years ago ) [1] Type ... Devices in hard-hit areas in the Philippines ... level monitoring stations in major river basins and flood-prone ...

  4. Iloilo Flood Control Project - Wikipedia

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    The Iloilo Flood Control Project (IFCP) is a project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Iloilo City, Philippines. The project aims to reduce flood damage, which has been an almost yearly occurrence. Financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), the project is being implemented in two stages.

  5. What's a 100-year flood? A hydrologist explains

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    A '100-year flood' doesn't mean you'll be flood-free for the next 99 years. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesA 100-year flood, like a 100-year storm, is one so severe it has only a 1% chance of hitting in ...

  6. List of disasters in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    1350 AD +/- 100: Last activity was the formation of Sampaloc Lake around 1350 AD +/- 100 years determined by anthropology [2] Taal eruption: 1572 to 2022: Currently on eruption since January 12, 2020. Eruptions have also destroyed numerous lakeside towns, burying them with volcanic ash or submerged them by rising lake waters displaced by the ...

  7. Flood management - Wikipedia

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    The map to the right shows a flood map for the City of York, including the floodplain for a 1 in 100-year flood (dark blue), the predicted floodplain for a 1 in 1000 year flood (light blue) and low-lying areas in need of flood defence (purple). The most sustainable way of reducing risk is to prevent further development in flood-prone areas and ...

  8. San Roque Dam (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    The San Roque Dam, operated under San Roque Multipurpose Project (SRMP) is a 200-meter-tall, 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) long embankment dam on the Agno River.It is the largest dam in the Philippines and sixteenth largest in the world (see List of largest dams in the world).

  9. Manggahan Floodway - Wikipedia

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    The Manggahan Floodway is an artificially constructed waterway in Metro Manila, Philippines.The floodway was built in 1986, [1] with the cost of 1.1 billion pesos, in order to reduce flooding along the Pasig River during the rainy season, by diverting the peak water flows of the Marikina River to Laguna de Bay, which serves as a temporary reservoir.