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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2025-2834</article-id>
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<article-title>A lesson in preparedness: Assessing the effectiveness of low-cost post-wildfire flood protection measures for the catastrophic flood in Kineta, Greece</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Papaioannou</surname>
<given-names>George</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7389-6640</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Alamanos</surname>
<given-names>Angelos</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-2449</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Basheer</surname>
<given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nagkoulis</surname>
<given-names>Nikolaos</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1900-2634</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Markogianni</surname>
<given-names>Vassiliki</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Varlas</surname>
<given-names>George</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Plataniotis</surname>
<given-names>Angelos</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-859X</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Papadopoulos</surname>
<given-names>Anastasios</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dimitriou</surname>
<given-names>Elias</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Koundouri</surname>
<given-names>Phoebe</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5979-6128</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace,   68200 Orestiada, Greece</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Independent Researcher, Berlin, 10243, Germany</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Civil &amp; Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>School of Economics and ReSEES Research Laboratory, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens 10434, Greece</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Anavissos, 19013 Attiki,  Greece</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff7">
<label>7</label>
<addr-line>UN SDSN (Global Climate Hub, European Hub, Greek Hub), Athens, Greece</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff8">
<label>8</label>
<addr-line>Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Denmark Technical University (DTU), Kongens Lyngby 2800,  Denmark</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>23</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 George Papaioannou et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Climate change&amp;ndash;driven wildfires, especially in the Mediterranean, are not only becoming more frequent and severe but also amplifying flood risks by altering catchment hydrology. Yet, post-fire flood risk management remains inadequately addressed. In response, we develop an integrated simulation framework that combines meteorological, hydrological, hydraulic-hydrodynamic models and remote sensing techniques to represent post-wildfire flood hazards and support the design of Post-wildfire Flood Protection Treatments (PFPTs). We utilize the framework to accurately represent a post-wildfire flash flood event in a Mediterranean catchment in Greece. The flood event is simulated under three scenarios: pre-wildfire, post-wildfire without any PFPTs in place (reality), and post-wildfire with PFPTs. The results show that the wildfire&apos;s impact on flood extent was around a 24.1 % increase, but the PFPTs could have counterbalanced this impact. Moreover, we present an economic model for estimating the cost of the recommended PFPTs and the flood damage direct costs, combining an accounting and a semi-automated AI-based approach. The cost comparison reveals that the protection would have cost around &amp;euro; 3.45 mill (just the 13.7 % of the flood damage costs, &amp;euro; 25.2 mill) potentially saving &amp;euro; 6.37 mill in flood damage. By filling critical knowledge gaps, our study offers insights into the dynamics of post-wildfire flood events and provides policymakers with valuable insights for timely risk mitigation amidst escalating fire-related disasters.</p>
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