Study: U.S. Flood Damage Risk Is Underestimated

Map of the United States showing predicted average flood damage risk by state or district. Credit: Elyssa Collins. In a new study , North Carolina State University researchers used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States, suggesting that recent flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency do not capture the full extent of flood risk.

In the study, published in Environmental Research Letters , researchers found a high probability of flood damage – including monetary damage, human injury and loss of life – for more than a million square miles […]

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