Flood Monitoring and Warning System: Het-Sens a Proposed Model

Abstract

Natural disasters like floods bring along negative consequences like the loss of life, economic losses, which cannot be prevented, but proper planning can reduce the disastrous aftermath. A flood warning system typically integrates information on telemetric precipitation and water level/flow, calculated at different places in the local area. Based on these observations, it is difficult to provide information about river conditions, flood types, etc. The absence of a real-time monitoring system makes it difficult to alert the authorities and provide protection programs in case of critical contingency. So there is a need for the installation and development of an improved flood forecasting system. Implementation of end to end flood forecasting, warning, and response system is required, which can predict more accurately and is reliable. It is proposed to design modern flood monitoring and warning system, which is a simple, cost-effective, low power system and is easy to deploy and use. To confront traditional problems, the heterogeneous sensor (Het-Sens) based embedded system is proposed for forecasting upcoming phenomena and sending a prompt warning.