River flooding is among the most destructive of natural hazards globally, causing
widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure and economic deprivation. Societies are …

This review outlines the use of documentary evidence of historical flood events in
contemporary flood frequency estimation in European countries. The study shows that …

Extraordinary flood events occurred recently in northwest England, with several severe
floods in Cumbria, Lancashire and the Manchester area in 2004, 2009 and 2015. These …

When designing or maintaining an hydraulic structure, an estimate of the frequency and
magnitude of extreme events is required. The most common methods to obtain such …

Reconstructions of the most severe historic flood events contribute to improved
quantification of design discharges corresponding to large return periods. Reducing the …

In recent decades, the quantification of flood hydrological characteristics (peak discharge,
hydrograph shape, and runoff volume) from documentary evidence has gained scientific …

This paper describes a Bayesian statistical model for estimating flood frequency by
combining uncertain annual maximum (AMAX) data from a river gauge with estimates of …

We present the first quantitative reconstruction of palaeofloods using lake sediments for the
UK and show that for a large catchment in NW England the cluster of devastating floods from …

There is a need to estimate design floods for areal planning and the design of important
infrastructure. A major challenge is the mismatch between the length of the flood records …

We review the role of science in shaping river flood risk management policy in England,
highlighting the relatively recent influence of fluvial geomorphology, river ecology, climate …