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Floods cause more deaths than any other natural disaster around the world, with a death toll of more than 5000 individuals per year. The United States also has a long history of catastrophic flooding. Most flood deaths are due to flash floods that occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall over a region. Flash floods cause more deaths annually than any other weather phenomenon in the United States, with a death toll of more than 1000 individuals over a 10-year period between 1983–92, and an average of greater than $ 2 billion in annual losses over the same 10-year period (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1993). In the period between 1950 and 1997, the National Weather Service reported an average of 110 deaths per year in flood-related accidents. In addition, recent major flood events around the world (e.g. Aug 2010 severe flood in Pakistan, Dec 2010 flood in Brazil) emphasize the need for hydro-meteorological information to address natural hazards with major socio-economic impacts.
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Nasrollahi, N. (2015). Introduction to the Current State of Satellite Precipitation Products. In: Improving Infrared-Based Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms Using Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12081-2_1
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