Flood Early Warning System

Flood risk reduction is

• mainly the task of a weather specialist

• mainly the task of a hydrologist

• mainly the task of the SAR team

• everybody's business

all stakeholders need to be engaged, at every stage is:

• exclusiveness

•  inclusiveness

• impossible

•  irrelevant

In the last 5 decades, weather-related disasters are

• less frequent

• more frequent

• constant

In the last 5 decades, The number of fatalities in weather-related disasters is

• less frequent

• more frequent

• constant

Flood Early Warning System is part of

• Crisis management

• Panic management

• Risk management

Flood disaster risk is linearly increased with

• Hazard threat

•  Exposure

• Vulnerability

• All answers are correct

Components of a flood early warning system are:

• risk knowledge, monitoring and warning, dissemination and communication, and response capability

• prediction, monitoring and warning, dissemination and communication, and response capability

• forecasting, monitoring and warning, dissemination and communication, and response capability

End-to-End Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems is

• from the preparation of the forecast to the review of the warning system

• from the collection of real-time data  to the review of the warning system

• from the government to the communities

To keep the water away, needs

• Flood Early Warning System

• Construction of flood control infrastructures

• Flood risk map

To stay away from the water, needs

• Flood Early Warning System

• Construction of flood control infrastructures

• Flood risk map