EASOS Flood Watch helps to improve the overall awareness of flood risks. It enables authorities to activate relevant evacuation plans and to consider short-term flood defences. The design of Flood Watch allows the extraction of maximum intelligence from flood risk and prediction information to create a powerful decision support capability. Whether implemented for planning, exercise management, pre-emptive action, or crisis management; the application offers huge value to those responsible for flood management.
EASOS Flood Watch can automatically generate 4 flood forecasts every day. The movement of water is modelled taking into consideration land use, vegetation coverage, topology, and other available data. The application utilises a gridded model of river and surface water flows including areas of inundation. Live impact forecasting predicts flooding where there is too much water to be absorbed or drained. Flood impact mapping is used to predict the depth, duration, and extent of flooding using highly accurate modelling techniques. This enables a wide range of possibilities for localised disaster risk management, allowing information at street level precision.
Through innovative integration of population statistics, a true picture of impact can be created by using infrastructure data such as road networks, railways, government buildings, emergency centres etc.