Flood information

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Emergency preparedness, response, and recovery:

• UC ANR Flooding Fact Sheet
• Flood preparedness from FEMA
• National Flood Insurance Program flood maps and resources
• USGS flood maps and flood resources
• California Office of Emergency Services flood resources
• California Flood Preparedness from the Department of Water Resources
• Extension Disaster Education Network flood resources
• Flood resources from eXtension
  • Prepare for future floods, prepare for impending floods, recover from flooding
• Emergency Preparedness in school from the Center for School, College, and Career Resources
• Recovering From a Natural Disaster in College from the Center for School, College, and Career Resources

Forecasts and predictions:

• NOAA Climate Prediction Center
• UC California Nevada Climate Applications Program
• UC Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes
• UC Global Integrated Drought Monitoring and Prediction System (GIDMaPS)
• UC SierraNet real time hydrological data
• UC Center for Western Water and Weather Extremes
• UC Global Integrated Drought Monitoring and Prediction System (GIDMaPS)
• UC SierraNet real time hydrological data

Flooding, risk, and infrastructure: 

• UC Center for Catastrophic Risk Management
• UC Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Networks project (RESIN) (related video overview of the project in the Delta)
• UC FloodRISE project
  
  

California Dairy Quality Assurance Program Flood Resources:

• Flooding and Livestock Owner (WIFSS-CDQAP brochure)
• California Dairies: Coping with Flooding and Evacuation (Overview updated Jan. 2023)
• CDQAP/CDFA Checklist for Emergency Flood Evacuation of a Dairy
• Managing Dairies During Heavy Rainfall: Actions Producers Can Take In-Between Rain Storms (Jan. 2023)
• Emergency Flooding Advisory: Tulare & Central Valley Counties, March 17, 2023
• Responding and Recovering from a Flood Event (March 2023)
• Update on Dairy Flood Recovery (April 2023)

Agriculture and food safety:

• Well-managed soils are ready to weather El Niño
• UC Western Institute for Food Safety and Security
• UC Fruit and Nut weather-related models & services
• Dairy facility emergency planning
• Disaster Preparedness for Large & Farm Animals

Water overviews from UC:

• Insights: Online Water Seminar Series - research-based information from experts in the UC system and beyond on a variety of water-related topics
• UC California Water Virtual Tour 
  

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