Through a partnership signed between the Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB) and Google, announced in the city of Florianópolis – SC, the platform will issue flood alerts.
These warnings will be possible thanks to a combination of information, such as water levels found in rivers, images captured by satellite and meteorological indicators. All this in real time, with the well-known application Google Maps, in addition to the FloodHub flood platform.
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The floods that occur in cities at the headwaters of rivers are not yet included in this system, for generally occur more quickly, as well as in large urban centers on days of heavy rain and sudden.
In this way, only gradual floods can be monitored by the applications, due to the possibility of be foreseen in time to transfer the data to the platforms and, consequently, send it to the users.
With this information, it is possible to plan trips with greater precision, as the system allows you to know how much water of the rivers should rise in a given period, allowing for greater successes, both for business trips and personal.
According to a report issued by the United Nations (UN), Brazil is among the countries with the highest risk of riverside flooding in the world. Between 2000 and 2019, data on more than 70 million Brazilians affected by floods were recorded.
This feature has been used for some time in other countries, such as India, for example. In addition to Brazil, it will also be possible to receive information of this size in Colombia, Sri Lanka and several African countries, such as South Africa, Nigeria, among others.
The idea is that, with the arrival of this platform, the doors can open even more for expansions and make these predictions are taken to different locations in the country, providing better experiences for the population Brazilian.
Although the information has been available for a long time on the Brazilian Geological Survey website, the ease of having it via the application is much greater, because when it comes to access through mobile devices, the user experience is easier and the optimization of searches, bigger.
Thus, this partnership tends to bring countless benefits to the population of riverside cities and even avoid adverse situations caused by river floods at certain times of the year.
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