RED ALERT

About:

• Central Water Commission (CWC) of India uses a colour-coded warning system to alert local populations of the severity of a flood situation.
  
  
• The colour-coded warning system includes Orange, Red and Yellow alert (refer table).
  
  
• Water Levels wrt Flooding:
  • Each flood forecasting station of the river has a defined ‘warning level’, ‘danger level’ and ‘highest flood level’.
    
    
  • While the warning and danger levels are fixed for a river, the highest flood level is adjusted every year ahead of the start of the flood season on the basis of levels reached the previous year.