Video surveillance system for realtime flood detection and mobile app for flood alert

Abstract

Transportation is one of the most important requirements in people's daily lives. Both urban and rural areas are connected by highways and bridges. Usually bridges constructed over rivers, seas and other waterways are more prone to disasters such as flooding and tsunamis. In order to alert the people about the damage caused by these disasters, an early detection and Warning system is designed. The flood/overflow range is detected using video streaming process, and warning information is provided if it exceeds a certain threshold. The flood information is transferred to the local public using a mobile app named “FLOOD ALERT”, developed using Android and Java. It will help them to take necessary actions for the disaster which has occurred. It gives information about the location of the flood occurred region and also the corresponding date and time. This system is capable of reducing the negative impacts, mainly accidents that caused due to the collapse of the bridge due to flood.