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Solution
By retrospectively applying our
flood forecasting system, Flood
Foresight, we looked to provide
a better understanding of how
to act accordingly in real time to
minimise the disaster risk.
Flood Foresight couples precomputed flood maps with
current/forecast flood data. As a
decision-support tool, it takes a
variety of disparate data sources
and presents the user with clear,
actionable information on flood
inundation and impact. This can
improve the targeting of
as observed from satellite imagery.
This demonstrated that, for
riverine flooding, governments,
NGOs, insurers and donors can
benefit from decision support tools
that allow them to dynamically
assess the potential impacts of an
upcoming event.
What's more, tools like Flood
Foresight give users time to make
proactive decisions ahead of
the impact, rather than reacting
when the flood starts, promoting
preparedness and increasing
resilience.
mitigation and response
activities, thus increasing flood
and climate resilience.
Making the best use of available
data, Flood Foresight presents
the resulting flood estimates to
users dynamically as the event
progresses. This is based on
coupling a global flood forecast
model with a library of global
flood hazard maps.
The forecast flood impact
estimates generated 8, 7 and
6-days before the flood event
closely matched the flood impact
Benefit
By using Flood Foresight to
look back at the 2017 flooding
event, we can see that the most
potentially affected districts in
the Brahmaputra basin area were
Sonitpur, Jorhat, Golaghat and
Lakhimpur. If used for future
events, Flood Foresight could help
reduce risk and allow people to
benefit from:
• Consistent trans-national
forecast data which underpins
early warning systems and
response protocols
• Actionable impact information
showing the impacts to key
assets, critical infrastructure,
vulnerable populations, or
client portfolios
• A common picture of the
unfolding situation aiding clear
communication of the unfolding
hazard across multiple
responders/agencies
• Flexible set-up utilising the best
available data (including public
forecasts, Earth observation
and field data) and providing a
dynamic view throughout the
whole event.
Location:
Brahmaputra
basin, India and
Bangladesh
Event date
2017
Demonstration
conducted
2018