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This book primarily deals with themes like flood risk simulation, warning, assessment and mitigation. It is supported with elaborate glossary of related terms, bibliography and detailed subject index. An overview of meteorology, climatology and forecasting of floods is provided. It also reflects on flash floods, flood-meadows, drowned lands, flood bypass, floodplain, rain cloudburst and storm surge. The tropical cyclone meteorology, the tropical cyclone rainfall climatology and tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting are discussed in detail. This book also reflects briefly on Flood Risk Simulation, modelling, tropical cyclone forecast model and catastrophe modelling. Case study is presented on 100-year flood and 2006-2007 floods in Southeast Asia, floods in Malaysia, Hurricane Alberto etc. The book focuses on managing flood warning schemes, services and products with the help of relevant case studies. It also deals in detail issues like flood warning and flash flood warning. A case study of flooding in Scotland is made with focus on flood warning schemes, Indicative River and coastal flood map and role of concerned agency in flooding. This book is user-friendly and will go a long way to serve as a perfect reference book on the subject.