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Flash Flood Risk and Climate Analysis in the Extreme South of Algeria (the Case of In-Guezzam City)

https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2022.16.4.157
Rachid Zegait
University of Djelfa, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hydraulic Department, Djelfa, Algeria
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-0595
Zekai Şen
Istanbul Medipol University, Engineering and Natural Sciences Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey; King Abdulaziz University, Center of Excellence for Climate Change Research / Department of Meteorology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-8581
Antonio Pulido-Bosch
University of Granada, Department of Geodynamics, Granada, Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-1572
Housseyn Madi
University of Tamanrasset, Department of Science and Technology, Tamanrasset, Algeria
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-8722
Bachir Hamadeha
University of Tamanrasset, Department of Science and Technology, Tamanrasset, Algeria
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-8722

Corresponding Author(s) : Rachid Zegait

zegait.rachid@gmail.com

Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 16 No. 4 (2022): Geomatics and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Natural risks, particularly flood risk, are a topical subject in Algeria and throughout the world, particularly given the last major catastrophic floods in Sudan (2020) and North Africa. With the development of the climate change phenomenon in the world, risk management is becoming increasingly necessary for all the actors concerned (decision-makers, technicians, and the population) to identify protection issues. In 2018, in the extreme south of Algeria, In-Guezzam City suffered a devastating flood that caused significant damage and loss of human and material resources. More than 100 homes collapsed, and approximately 345 families were displaced. Currently, there is no research work to assess the hydrological situation and the risk of flooding in this region. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to shed light on the risk of flash floods in the extreme south of Algeria with more specific attention to the August 2018 floods as well as the climate trends over the past 30 years using Mann–Kendall test and Sen’s Slope Estimator. The chosen approach involves a hydrological study and hydrodynamic modeling using HEC-RAS software. This latter allows for simulating floods using statistical methods and creating several regional flood hazard maps.

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climate trend flash floods HEC-RAS modeling Risk analysis
Zegait, R., Şen, Z., Pulido-Bosch, A., Madi, H., & Hamadeha, B. (2022). Flash Flood Risk and Climate Analysis in the Extreme South of Algeria (the Case of In-Guezzam City). Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, 16(4), 157–185. https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2022.16.4.157
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