Your source for flood hazard information
Our DisasterAWARE Pro platform, as well as our Disaster Alert™ public app, provides information about floods happening around the world. Information is derived from a variety of scientific monitoring agencies.
Reporting Threshold
DisasterAWARE provides information about imminent, occurring, and past flooding events within 24 hours of severe impact to populations or infrastructure.
Coverage
√ Global (Automatically Processed)
Disaster Alert™ Mobile App
Disasters happen fast. We alert you faster.
(FREE for public use)
SmartAlert™ Advanced Early Warning for Floods
DisasterAWARE Pro now includes PDC’s proprietary SmartAlert technology. You select the areas and hazards to monitor and we’ll alert you to threats within or approaching those areas automatically.
Alerting Severities:
Severity levels are designated by the authoritative reporting agency.
InformationA flood has recently occurred (within the past 24 hours) with severe impact to the population or infrastructure.
WatchConditions are right for a flood to occur, with the potential for impacts to population or infrastructure.
WarningModerate or severe flooding is imminent or occurring, or has occurred (within the past 24 hours) with severe impact to the population or infrastructure.
Available Formats
Professional versions: SMS Text | Email | App Alerts
Public version: App Alerts Only
Be Aware and Prepare
Always heed instructions from local authorities and receive alerts about major hazards from PDC’s DisasterAlert app or on the DisasterAlert website.
Find more information at www.ready.gov/floods
Act now
Remember to “Turn around, don’t drown!”
- Do not walk, swim, or drive through flood waters. Turn Around, Don’t Drown!
- Stay off of bridges over fast-moving water.
- Determine how best to protect yourself based on the type of flooding.
- Evacuate if told to do so.
- Move to higher ground or a higher floor.
Plan ahead
Live in or plan to visit a flood-prone area?
- Know the types of flood risk in your area.
- Sign up for your community’s warning system.
- If flash flooding is a risk in your location, then monitor potential signs, such as heavy rain.
- Learn and practice evacuation routes, shelter plans, and flash flood response.
- Gather supplies in case you have to leave immediately, or if services are cut off.
- Keep important documents in a waterproof container. Create password-protected digital copies.
- Protect your property. Move valuables to higher levels. Declutter drains and gutters.
Hazard Brief
Real-Time Impact and Needs Assessment
Through DisasterAWARE Pro and Disaster Alert you get access to PDC’s unique exposure modeling capabilities—providing accurate assessments of exposure and need for hazards in any part of the world.
How to access Hazard Brief (available for all hazards)
Helpful Features and Layers
DisasterAWARE provides layers of information to help assess the impacts of floods. These include but are not limited to:
• Rainfall accumulation (3 hour, 1 day)
• U.S. watches, warnings and advisories*
• Rainfall accumulation (3 day, 7 day)*
• Flood warning areas (U.S.)*
• Doppler radar (U.S.)*
• Short-term flood forecast (experimental)*
• Global weather observations (METAR)*
• U.S. watches, warnings and advisories*
• Current stream gauges (U.S.)*
• Short duration warnings (U.S.)*
• Precipitation forecast (U.S.)*
* = For disaster management practitioners only
Are you a disaster management practitioner and want to know more?
Specialized Flood Products
for Disaster Management Practitioners
DisasterAWARE provides specialized situational analysis reports for use by disaster management practitioners. Some of these are generated automatically with every advisory, while others are custom created by PDC as needed to support hazard response.
