Development of Manila Road Predictive Flood Monitoring System Using Hidden Markov Model

This paper describes the process, methods and experimental verification and validation of a flood forecasting system. The main objective of this design project is to develop a predictive flood monitoring system using the Hidden Markov Model that will provide an alternate route once the level of the flood reaches a certain range that is not passable to vehicles. Moreover, it will have a local database that will receive the information that will be sent by the pressure sensor and the rain gauge. The present value of the rain gauge and the historical data of flood and rain will be the basis of the prediction of the road as to whether it will be passable, not passable to light vehicles and not passable to heavy vehicles. It will also have a mobile application for public notifications of the flood level, rain intensity, road condition, and percentage of passability of the road. This system is deemed as a faster method of alerting relevant authorities and the public.