A Flood Model for the Chalakudy River Area
Georg Gutjahr1, Sachin Das2
1Georg Gutjahr, Center for Research in Analytics & Technologies for Education, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India.
2Sachin Das, Department of Mathematics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India.
Manuscript received on 21 September 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 30 September 2019 | Manuscript Published on 01 October 2019 | PP: 130-135 | Volume-8 Issue-9S4 July 2019 | Retrieval Number: I11190789S419/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.I1119.0789S419
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Abstract: The Kerala flood in the August of 2018 was the most severe flood in South India in almost a century. Kerala was under high alert.14 districts were given red alert. Over 5 million people lost their homes and many of them were affected with fever and cold and several other diseases. After the flood, over 1 million people had to stay in relief camps for several months. Around 3200 relief camps were opened to help the people. This works presents a model of the flood for Chalakudy river area. The area was one of the most severely affected areas during the flood. The model is a adaptation of a model that was introduced by Kourgialas and Karatzas for river basins in Greece. The model has various applications, for example, in finding proper flood management strategies in coastal cities and villages and in organizing the relief work after a flood.
Keywords: Geographic Information System, Coastal Regions, Relief Distribution, Flood Modelling.
Scope of the Article: Environmental Engineering