Real-time flood impacts mapping

Project that shows the best way to provide maps of flood extents in real time is through a combination of pre-made flood maps and simplified flood modelling.

• From: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
• Published: 25 February 2021

• Category: Managing flood incidents
• Topics: Big data, Flood forecasting, Flood risk assessment, Flood warning, Incident management, Monitoring and detection
• Project status: Completed
• Project code: SC120023
• Date of completion: 4 November 2019

Documents

Real-time flood impacts mapping - summary (182KB) PDF

Mapio effeithiau llifogydd mewn amser real - Welsh summary (187KB) PDF

Real-time flood impacts mapping - technical report (4.6MB) PDF

Real-time flood impacts mapping - appendices 1 to 8 (79MB) ZIP

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Details

There is growing recognition of the need to provide maps of flood extents and impacts in real time to support improved flood incident management. This project shows that the best way to provide this information is through a combination of pre-made flood maps and simplified flood modelling.

The Pitt Review (2008), Exercise Watermark (2011) and the Environment Agency’s Flood Incident Management Plan (2015) all identified the need for real time information on flood inundation and consequent impact.

Published 25 February 2021