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In recent years, flash floods and urban waterlogging have become a widespread phenomenon in Fuzhou, which pose a serious threat to people’s lives and property. The primary disaster-causing factors include the intensity and duration of rainfall. Therefore, this article analyzes the characteristics, causes of rainfall, and the existing problems of the two disasters in Fuzhou. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The rainfall in Fuzhou is concentrated in March to September, with high rainfall intensity and rainfall amounts, and frequent extreme rainfall events combined with high rainfall intensity in flash flood-prone areas are higher than that in the plains area. (2) Precipitation, geographical conditions, and urban construction mainly caused the two major disasters and are weak in technology and management. Therefore, it is necessary to adhere to both the structural measures and non-structural measures to coordinate the relationship between people and floods, to strengthen the research on the mechanisms of precipitation, and to forecast and provide early warning of flash floods and urban waterlogging, all of which can provide reference for the defensive disasters in mountainous coastal cities.
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This work was supported by National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (Grant No. 51409143) and technical service projects of the China Meteorological Administration, “Technical Research on Meteorological Risk Warning of Flash Floods” (Grant No. 20142661168). The authors are grateful to Min Chen and Guanghua Zhu, who worked in Fuzhou Investigation and Surveying Institute for their help to offer the information. Great thanks are also given to Tingting Huang and ShuaishuaiXu for their help in translating this article. Additional thanks are given to three anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions.
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Ma, M., Wang, H., Jia, P. et al. Investigation of inducements and defenses of flash floods and urban waterlogging in Fuzhou, China, from 1950 to 2010. Nat Hazards 91, 803–818 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-3156-0
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