Yogesh Bhattarai, Howard University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, DC, United States, Supath Dhital, The University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Samrin Sauda, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geography, State College, United States, Mohamed Abdelkader, University of Iowa, IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, United States, Jonathan M Frame, University of Alabama, Department of Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Marouane Temimi, Stevens Institute of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering (CEOE), Hoboken, United States and Supath Dhital