Flash floods are becoming an increasingly recurrent natural hazard globally. Romania has been devastated severely by heavy floods. Storms that cause heavy floods in mountain and hilly river catchments are generally triggered by heavy rainfall. In addition to temporal flash flood forecasting,...

We examine households' temporary international migration response when faced with shocks in rural Kyrgyzstan. Using a household fixed effects model, we find that while a drought shock increases migration, a winter shock reduces migration. We argue that this difference is because of the trade-off...