- 1/ In 2021, Germany faced its costliest riverine floods ever: 189 lives lost & €33B in damages. Beyond these direct consequences, what about the hidden impacts? In a paper with @jsodoge.bsky.social, we used 26,000 newspaper articles to uncover them 👇 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
- 2/ Traditional assessments focus on direct, measurable impacts (e.g. damaged infrastructure, economic loss). But floods cascade across society in ways that conventional methods often miss —indirect and intangible effects like #mentalhealth, tourism losses, or water contamination
- 3/ Using #NLP, we analyzed thousands of newspaper articles to estimate cascading impacts. This approach lets us capture a broader picture of flood consequences over large areas 📰+🤖
- 4/ We found that smaller-scale impacts were felt across Germany, often ignored in standard databases. Using diverse data sources, like text, is a step toward capturing the full picture of disaster impactsJan 3, 2025 17:05
