特殊教育
113年
英文
第 25 題
📖 題組：
When figuring out flood risk, it’s important to collect data on past flooding events. In some areas, detailed records of rainfall and stream gauges are available. But in regions that are dry or scarcely monitored, this critical information is missing. In areas without flood monitoring, local newspapers are excellent historical documents for scientists to make better risk predications. Areas that have experienced flooding likely have an accompanying local news story reporting the event, including what particular areas were flooded and the extent of damage. Researchers have now used these newspaper records to act as a validation for flood risk maps. Mohamed Yagoub, Professor of Geographic Information Systems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and his team generated a flood risk map for the area surrounding Fujairah, capital of the Fujairah emirate in the UAE. In the dry UAE, flooding might not spring to mind as a regular event. But flash floods did occur in the UAE and were made worse by the closeness of cities to mountain foothills, causing loss of life and property damage in a short time. About 15% of the land was considered high to very high flood risk zones. Yagoub explained that his team wanted to find out if these high-risk areas had flooded in the past. To check their model, they turned to newspapers. The researchers used five local papers to find records of historical flood events. “Reading many newspaper reports and scanning them for flood impact is a challenge,” said Yagoub. “To automate this process, a Java program was developed to read the document files and extract important flood damage information.” Using the program, the team searched for words such as Fujairah, flood, evacuate, and water. From there, they gathered information on individual flooding events, including the general location, date, and what sort of damages occurred. The team overlaid the historical events recorded in newspaper articles on the map of potential flood zones to compare. They found that 84% of the reported floods were in high to very high flood risk zones. Yagoub said that the flood-prone area maps are a valuable database to share with government and nongovernment agencies for flood risk studies.
When figuring out flood risk, it’s important to collect data on past flooding events. In some areas, detailed records of rainfall and stream gauges are available. But in regions that are dry or scarcely monitored, this critical information is missing. In areas without flood monitoring, local newspapers are excellent historical documents for scientists to make better risk predications. Areas that have experienced flooding likely have an accompanying local news story reporting the event, including what particular areas were flooded and the extent of damage. Researchers have now used these newspaper records to act as a validation for flood risk maps. Mohamed Yagoub, Professor of Geographic Information Systems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and his team generated a flood risk map for the area surrounding Fujairah, capital of the Fujairah emirate in the UAE. In the dry UAE, flooding might not spring to mind as a regular event. But flash floods did occur in the UAE and were made worse by the closeness of cities to mountain foothills, causing loss of life and property damage in a short time. About 15% of the land was considered high to very high flood risk zones. Yagoub explained that his team wanted to find out if these high-risk areas had flooded in the past. To check their model, they turned to newspapers. The researchers used five local papers to find records of historical flood events. “Reading many newspaper reports and scanning them for flood impact is a challenge,” said Yagoub. “To automate this process, a Java program was developed to read the document files and extract important flood damage information.” Using the program, the team searched for words such as Fujairah, flood, evacuate, and water. From there, they gathered information on individual flooding events, including the general location, date, and what sort of damages occurred. The team overlaid the historical events recorded in newspaper articles on the map of potential flood zones to compare. They found that 84% of the reported floods were in high to very high flood risk zones. Yagoub said that the flood-prone area maps are a valuable database to share with government and nongovernment agencies for flood risk studies.
What may be inferred from the last paragraph?
- A Flooding is regularly monitored in Fujairah.
- B It is a challenge to select key words for the search.
- C Both public and private organizations should share equal responsibility.
- D Reported floods and predicted high-risk areas in Fujairah are highly correlated.
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AI 專屬家教
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