Flood myth

Engineering

Geotechnical engineering

Cartography

Psychological resilience

Computer security

Archaeology

Natural hazard

Water resource management

Civil engineering

Land cover

Computer science

Hydrogeology

Physical geography

Geology

Oceanography

Vulnerability (computing)

Climate change

Vulnerability assessment

Psychology

Geographic information system

Flash flood

Geography

Hydrology (agriculture)

Environmental resource management

Psychotherapist

Wadi

Environmental science

Remote sensing

Land use

Meteorology

Vulnerability index

Natural Hazards

Egypt suffers from freshwater crisis, and the shortage is predicted to become severe by 2025. Egypt is exposed to flash floods, especially in Sinai governorate, causing rapid rises of water in a short amount of time and can trigger other catastrophic hazards associated with damage, danger to human life, properties and environment. Flash floods may be considered a source of water that can be explored to meet the water shortage problem. In this study, a composite flash floods vulnerability index based on an integrated hydro-climatic and physical vulnerability component was created. The composite index was based on eight parameters including rainfall distribution, elevation and slope, flow direction, streams, geomorphological features, soil type and land cover. The composite index was ranked into three categories: high, moderate and low. The index can help identify the weak and strong points to support the decision-making process concerned with water management as an essential prerequisite for Egypt sustainable development. The results revealed that the urban, vegetation cover, loamy sand, sand dunes, the low elevation and the flat areas are the most affected by the flash floods in EL-Arish City in Sinai governorate. 42% of Wadi El-Arish had low vulnerability, 45% moderate vulnerability and 13% high vulnerability.

Vulnerability assessment for flash floods using GIS spatial modeling and remotely sensed data in El-Arish City, North Sinai, Egypt