Need of Flood Warning System for Coastal Metropolis

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Rain bearing clouds at the Radhanagar Beach, Havelock Island, Andaman.

Abstract: Integrated Flood Warning System (IFLOWS) is an integrated GIS-based decision support system developed for Chennai and Mumbai that provides flood inundation scenarios and helps state governments to put mitigative measures in place.

The authors are Scientist E, Project Scientist, Scientist E and Scientist G, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Ministry of Earth Sciences, respectively. skdash@nccr.gov.in. The article should be cited as Dash S K, Gopinath G, A Gera and T Usha. 2022. Need of Flood Warning System for Coastal Metropolis, Geography and You, 22(148): 24-29