Govt – Welfare oriented Govt schemes, their utility
‘FloodWatch’ app
- The Central Water Commission launched an app, called ‘Floodwatch’, which can forecast the chances of floods a day in advance.
- It also provides a seven-day advisory on the chances of floods at various stations in the country.
- The app has a map of India with coloured circles at water stations across the country indicating the current risk of flooding. A ‘green’ circle indicates ‘normal’; yellow, above normal; orange, ‘severe’ and red, ‘extreme’.
- Clicking on a circle shows the current water level at the station, the highest level historically attained the danger level and warning level.
Note
- Floodwatch uses advance technologies such as “satellite data analysis, mathematical modelling and real-time monitoring to deliver accurate and timely flood forecasts”.
