OVERVIEW OF FLOOD PREDICTIONS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

Abstract

More than thousand people were died during the floods every year in last decade in India. In the countries like India floods are one of the severe environmental disasters. Many states have faced the flood conditions and have lost lives, money, loss to the government and individual properties. Many industries have also faced the huge economical loss due to the situations like floods in India. One the other hand few states in India are not having sufficient rainfall to fulfill the needed water even for drinking.  The predictions of the rainfall and the management of water play a vital role to overcome the losses due to the floods by minimizing the impact. It needs to have absolutely effective and accurate prediction system to avoid the situations. Millions of people every year have been affected by the floods and due to the continuous global warming the monsoon is more unpredictable now days.