{"id":256528,"date":"2023-08-18T20:49:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=256528"},"modified":"2023-08-18T20:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:19:25","slug":"flood-forecast-app-launched-by-water-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flood-forecast-app-launched-by-water-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood forecast app launched by Water Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cFlood forecast app launched by Water Commission\u201d\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu on 18th August 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Central Water Commission(CWC) has launched an app, called \u2018Floodwatch\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Floodwatch App?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To forecast the chances of floods a day in advance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 To provide a seven-day advisory on the chances of floods at various stations in the country where the CWC maintains its measurement gauges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source of data:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The app utilizes advanced technologies such as satellite data analysis, mathematical modeling and real-time monitoring to deliver accurate and timely flood forecasts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Features: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">app has a map of India with coloured circles at water stations across the country indicating the current risk of flooding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 A \u2018green\u2019 circle indicates \u2018normal\u2019; yellow, above normal; orange, \u2018severe\u2019; and red, \u2018extreme\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Clicking on the circle shows the water level at the station, the danger level and warning level. The warnings are in English or Hindi with an option for a voice-enabled prompt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The app will also provide State-wise\/basin-wide flood forecast up to 24 hours or flood advisory up to seven days, that can be accessed via selecting specific stations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The app <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marks a significant step towards utilizing smartphones to provide the public with up-to-date flood situation data and accurate forecasts spanning seven days.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cFlood forecast app launched by Water Commission\u201d\u00a0 published in The Hindu on 18th August 2023. What is the News? The Central Water Commission(CWC) has launched an app, called \u2018Floodwatch\u2019. What is Floodwatch App? Purpose: To forecast the chances of floods a day in advance. \u2013 To provide&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flood-forecast-app-launched-by-water-commission\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flood forecast app launched by Water Commission<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-256528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}