Heather J. Murdock
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Heather J. Murdock
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Passionate about resilient infrastructure, natural hazards, water, and design 💧 PhD Candidate @UniPotsdam 🙋🏻‍♀️ she/her
We urgently need improved warning systems and cross-border cooperation to use existing tools to prevent damage and save lives.

Gauge data: water.noaa.gov/gauges/COMT2
Paper on Warning and July 2021 Flood: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Guadalupe River at Comfort
water.noaa.gov
July 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It is important that people receive a warning on time and that they know what to do.

The fourth anniversary of the July 2021 Western Europe floods is next week and there are unfortunately clear parallels.

Photo credit: x.com/Clint_wx
July 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The 2025 Plinius Medal is awarded to Prof. Thieken in recognition of outstanding contributions to the understanding and mitigation of flood risk, and the design of adaptation management strategies informed by the involvement of affected communities.
April 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
April 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Here is a higher resolution version of poster and the paper is available open source here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM