Flooding Identification by Vegetation Index

An AI/ML-Based Strategy for Disaster Response and Evacuation of Victims in Aged Care Facilities in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley: A Perspective

“…The nominated routes for regional evacuations for flood operations are defined as follows: (1) Windsor Road Route (a closure at 13.5 m AHD), ( 2) Pitt Town Road Route (a closure at 16 m AHD), (3) George Street Route (a closure at 15.0 m AHD), ( 4) Hawkesbury Valley Way Route (a closure at 17.3 m AHD), ( 5) Blacktown-Richmond Road Route (a closure at 14.2 m AHD), (6)The Llandilo Road Route (a closure at 23.8 m AHD), (7) The Northern Road Route (a closure at 18.1 m AHD), (8) The Londonderry Road Route (a closure at 18 m AHD), (9) The Castlereagh Road Route (a closure at 20.2 m AHD), (10) The M4 Motorway Route (a closure at 32.8 m AHD and 28.5 m AHD-South Creek), (11) The Great Western Highway Route (a closure at 25.2 m AHD-South Creek), (12) The Old Northern Road Route (not closed due to flood event), (13) The Park Road Route (a closure at 39.8 m AHD) and ( 14) Wallacia Alternative Route (a closure at 61.3 m AHD) [68]. It is well known that the current road capacity is not sufficient for the timely and safe evacuation of people, as multiple communities rely on common and congested road routes for evacuation.…”

“…A regional flood study on the Hawkesbury-Nepean Region was conducted in 2019 to calibrate the hydrologic model and to verify the flow-frequency distributions derived from the Monte Carlo simulations [13]. A hydrologic model (RORB) was developed to calculate flood flows resulting from rainfall events.…”

“…Using the Monte Carlo approach, the Regional Flood Study also generated Outputs on the rate of rising and fall, and time to rise and fall above critical levels and travel time for key locations in the floodplain were generated using the Monte Carlo model. This information is critical for assessing the risk to life and increased peak flood levels for the PMF at several sites requiring emergency response planning accordingly [13].…”

An Integrated Approach for Post-Disaster Flood Management Via the Use of Cutting-Edge Technologies and UAVs: A Review

“…This decision making is reliant on big data analysis, which is challenging as compared to traditional data analysis. This highlights the need for computational intelligence, real-time algorithms that can make timely decisions, analyse the different structures of data, extract the data and present it through visualisation strategies [33][34][35][36]. In most flood management systems, the application of computational intelligence is viral for making timely decisions.…”