/ceae/ en /ceae/2025/07/17/why-flood-prediction-us-falls-short-and-how-researchers-are-working-fix-it <span>Why flood prediction in the US falls short and how researchers are working to fix it</span> <span><span>Susan Glairon</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-17T14:30:05-06:00" title="Thursday, July 17, 2025 - 14:30">Thu, 07/17/2025 - 14:30</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/Zhi%20Li.jpeg?h=391f16a3&amp;itok=NKLvjqt8" width="1200" height="800" alt="Zhi Li in a button-down shirt with some trees in the background and a building behind the trees."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/117" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/46" hreflang="en">Research</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/321" hreflang="en">Zhi Li news</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Zhi Li, who joined Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder as an assistant professor in August 2025, leads the new Flood Lab, which develops high-resolution models to predict flood impacts with one-meter precision—technology not yet used in real time due to high computational demands.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2025/07/14/why-flood-prediction-us-falls-short-and-how-researchers-are-working-fix-it?cm_ven=ExactTarget&amp;cm_cat=25.0715+FS+CUBT&amp;cm_pla=VPL+25430+for+List+142&amp;cm_ite=https%3a%2f%2fwww.colorado.edu%2ftoday%2f2025%2f07%2f14%2fwhy-flood-prediction-us-falls-short-and-how-researchers-are-working-fix-it&amp;cm_lm=susan.glairon@colorado.edu&amp;cm_ainfo=&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute1%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute2%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute3%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute4%%&amp;%%__AdditionalEmailAttribute5%%`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:30:05 +0000 Susan Glairon 3612 at /ceae