IOT and ANN in Early Flood Prediction and Warning System Using Weather Data

  • J. Michael Antony Sylvia, Dr. M. Pushpa Rani

Abstract

Heavy seasonal downpours of rain cause flood events happen in most vulnerable places of India. Natural mishaps like flood bring great loss to the country/region affecting human lives, livelihoods and peaceful existence. Flood events are beyond human control, still such loss during flood events can be mitigated through effective monitoring, early predicting and forecasting. Monitoring weather parameters using traditional devices during climatic hazards is a challenging factor. Emerging innovations in technology has brought solution with Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is a powerful technology which contributes in monitoring weather data and making it available for various research process. In this research, IoT sensors are used to gather weather factors from the location for predicting flood. Numerous researches carried out using various methods encounter challenges due to climatic changes. Therefore, flood prediction is enhanced using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) integrated with IoT. Chennai is chosen as the research study area. This research aims at reducing the flood impacts by anticipating prediction and forecasting. Weather parameters like humidity, temperature, wind speed, wind flow and rainfall are monitored and gathered using IoT sensors. Data generated by IoT devices will be enormous and cannot be stored in IoT devices instead transmitted to cloud through WiFi for further analysis. ANN method which generalizes the correlation between the input layer and output layer is utilized to predict flood in advance. Severity of flood is forecasted to the registered personals and local public two days early through text message and flood forecasting website. Experimental analysis and outcomes confirm the feasibility of the proposed system in terms of performance and training efficiency.

Published
2021-10-23
How to Cite
J. Michael Antony Sylvia, Dr. M. Pushpa Rani. (2021). IOT and ANN in Early Flood Prediction and Warning System Using Weather Data. Design Engineering, 6672 - 6679. Retrieved from http://thedesignengineering.com/index.php/DE/article/view/5641
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