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Timely flood warnings for downstream Nepal and India
2016-02-16 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Communities in flood-prone areas often do not have access to information about flood forecasting. As a result, they do not have sufficient time to evacuate and put their cattle and belongings in a safe area. The new Community-Based Flood Early Warning system, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)'s new initiative, now allows communities downstream to access almost real-time information about the water level upstream. The system is cheap (at US$1,000) and the technology...
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