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PRJ-3252 | GEER reconnaissance mission: Western European Floods Summer 2021
PI
Co-PIs
Project Type
Field research | Interdisciplinary
Natural Hazard Type(s)
Flood
Facilities
Event(s)
Western European Floods 2021 | Germany, Netherlands, Belgium | 2021-07-15 ― 2021-07-17 | Lat XXXXXX long XXXXXX
Keywords
floods, foundation damage, scour, erosion, bridge collapse
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Description:
This project documents the observations of geotechnical and geo-structural damage and failure to infrastructure, buildings, utility networks, and the river course due to the 2021 Western European floods.
Mission | Geotechnical and geo-structural reconnaissance of the Western European Flood July 2021
Cite This Data:
Stark, N., A. Lemnitzer, M. Gardner, E. Nichols, J. Mueller, M. George, J. Stamm, H. Schuettrumpf, M. van Marle, K. van Ginkel, L. Leunge, G. Anoyatis, S. Francois, H. Rattez (2022). "Geotechnical and geo-structural reconnaissance of the Western European Flood July 2021", in GEER reconnaissance mission: Western European Floods Summer 2021. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-0ddt-ss87
A rapid reconnaissance was conducted of damages to infrastructure and the built environment, as well as processes of erosion and riverbank failures in parts of Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium in response to the 14 July 2021 floods in the same region.