INDIGENOUS knowledge about how to spot flood risks ahead of time could save lives in cities, researchers said, as climate change and population growth put millions of people at risk of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns.
Understanding changes in natural indicators – such as plants, birds and temperatures – could be used to alert urban residents to extreme weather where forecasts are seen as unreliable, said a study in the Journal of the British Academy.
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