C-FLOWS

March 31, 2019

NCCR has developed Chennai FLOod Warning System (C-FLOWS) to estimate and predict flooding within Chennai.

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C-FLOWS, an acronym for Chennai FLOod Warning System, is a flood warning system customised for use in Chennai.
The six-module ensemble can predict flooding due to heavy rainfall, sea-level rise and increase in water levels of the three rivers — Cooum, Adyar and Kosasthalaiyar — that traverse the city.
Knowing the elevation at different spots, the system can predict the way the area would flood based on different scenarios that have been simulated, two weeks ahead of the event.
The system is a joint initiative of the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to government of India, research institutions, chief among them the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Chennai, and IITs
The move comes in the aftermath of Chennai Urban Floods of 2015 which paralysed Chennai with over 18 lakh people being displaced.
In the coming time, similar system will be developed for Mumbai and Cochin.