Rainfall, Flooding, and Climate Change
Flooding is a common event during rainy seasons In Southeast Asia, threatening communities and their livelihoods throughout the region. It is critical for emergency responders to have access to as much information as possible when disaster strikes. Prior to HYDRAFloods, data on the impacted areas and the extent of present danger was not readily available to first responders, hindering their response times and effectiveness.
Floods viewing with HYDRAFloods
Monitor, Respond, and Discover
Built with Google Earth Engine, the software uses satellite imagery of impacted areas, cloud computing programs that accelerate processing, and machine learning and AI to improve the accuracy of the system’s predictions. Additionally, HYDRAFloods’s dashboard gives users access to datasets outlining previous flood and rainfall events, making the program a useful hydrological research tool as well.