IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering commemorated Flood Awareness Month (March) with a special news media briefing March 1. The briefing showcased numerous tools that have been developed, including flood inundation maps to give viewers a prediction of which areas would be affected in a given community at a given flood stage.

Another feature presented at the session by Witold Krajewski, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Iowa Flood Center, is Hazus, a damage cost estimate calculator from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for various flooding scenarios.

To read news media coverage from the briefing, go to:

Cedar Rapids Gazette, "Iowa Flood Center Predicts 'Normal' Season -- Maybe," (http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/iowa-flood-center-predicts-normal-flood-season-touts-online-prediction-tools-20180301)

WHO-TV, "Iowa Flood Center Ready to Help Project Flood Risks," (http://whotv.com/2018/03/02/iowa-flood-center-ready-to-help-project-flood-risks/)

KGAN-TV2/FOX28, "Iowa Flood Center reveals new flood-tracking technology ahead of 2018 flood season," (http://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iowa-flood-center-reveals-new-flood-tracking-technology-ahead-of-2018-flood-season)

KCRG-TV, "Iowa Flood Center website helps forecast flood conditions and damage," (http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Iowa-Flood-Center-website-helps-forecast-flood-conditions-and-damage-475609853.html)