Urban Flooding: It Can Happen in a Flash!

 Available online: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=34

This module features an audio and visual tour of sites affected by the Fort Collins, Colorado urban flood that occurred on 28 July 1997. The tour is led by Matthew Kelsch and includes eyewitness accounts of that night's events from John Weaver. This interactive virtual field trip module summarizes many of the important common aspects of flash floods occurring in urban environments.

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Language(s): English

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