POSTER: A Low Cost Cloud Based System to Handle Flash Flood

Abstract

Flash Flood is a natural disaster that floods away large area where there are dense presences of rivers. Bangladesh is one such country that faces it. The challenge lies in the sudden increase of water level once the flood water is in. We are proposing a distributed system using water level monitoring sensors named Shonabondhu. The sensing nodes are distributed all across the country and the servers that collect data from sensors are spread around various regions. We have designed implemented and deployed actual sensors to monitor the water level in the river our current system works as a proof of a concept system before the actual deployment of this system in collaboration of Water Development Board of Bangladesh.