LoRa Enabled IoT Sensor Framework for Monitoring Urban Flood in Guwahati City

In the present scenario, urban floods have become a difficult and a major problem, which is being faced all over the world, that leads to economic losses ranging from human to properties. Since the rate of urban flood related deaths as well as the financial losses are increasing at an alarming rate, the requirement for the improved flood risk management is the need of the hour. Since flood is a natural disaster, hence it cannot be prevented or completely removed, however the catastrophic impact of flood can be significantly brought down or mitigated to a great extent. Internet of Things (IoT) along with other advanced technologies could be used for prediction of flood. These technologies help in early warning systems so that evacuation operations could be done in advance to safe places thereby saving lives and preventing economic losses. This work focusses on the development and deployment of such a system which could provide risk mitigation through early warning of flood by making use of the data which is received via the IoT devices.