C-FLOWS

March 31, 2019

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

About:

  • 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.

Source : The Hindu