Vulnerability to flooding of critical infrastructure in Cork

Recent floods in Cork (Ireland) have disrupted health services and the water supply, affecting the lives of many citizens. These events clearly demonstrated the vulnerability of this critical infrastructure to flooding. To make Cork more resilient, Deltares and partners analysed the flood vulnerability of critical infrastructure and adaptation measures. The research was part of the EU FP7 project INTACT which looks at the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to extreme weather events. The project included five case studies, one of which was Cork.