A project applying remote sensing technology in flood forecasts,warnings and monitoring in Vietnam proved effective, as heard at aseminar in Hanoi on March 12.
Adoptingspatial-based and information & communications technology, theproject ran from April 2011-March 2014 in northern Vietnam’s Red andThao river basins.
Ha Hoa district in the northernmidland province of Phu Tho was picked as a model to run a rainmeasuring station and an SMS system to alert village and commune chiefsabout any disaster risks, said Yusuke Muraki from the Asian DevelopmentBank.
Statistics showed that the maximum waterlevel rise recorded during the project in the Thao River in Bao Hadistrict and Yen Bai city was 60 centimetres per hour and 40 centimetresper hour on August 18, 2012, respectively. In Phu Tho on July 26, 2012,it was 23 centimetres per hour.
Despite projectprogress, software technology used in flood alert and monitoring remainsinsufficient and low-quality in Vietnam, Dinh Thai Hung, arepresentative from the National Centre for Hydro-MeteorologicalForecasting, told the seminar co-hosted by the centre and the JapanAerospace Exploration Agency.
The project is part of a strategy to assist Vietnamese, Bangladeshi and Filipino governments in the effort.
According to the World Meteorological Organisation’s Asia DisasterManagement Agency, Vietnam is among the countries most vulnerable tonatural disasters in Asia.
With a 3,260-kilometrecoastline, Vietnam is at risk of numerous calamities including flooding,rainstorms, drought, landslides, and whirlwinds. Flooding traditionallycauses the most serious damage.-VNA
Adoptingspatial-based and information & communications technology, theproject ran from April 2011-March 2014 in northern Vietnam’s Red andThao river basins.
Ha Hoa district in the northernmidland province of Phu Tho was picked as a model to run a rainmeasuring station and an SMS system to alert village and commune chiefsabout any disaster risks, said Yusuke Muraki from the Asian DevelopmentBank.
Statistics showed that the maximum waterlevel rise recorded during the project in the Thao River in Bao Hadistrict and Yen Bai city was 60 centimetres per hour and 40 centimetresper hour on August 18, 2012, respectively. In Phu Tho on July 26, 2012,it was 23 centimetres per hour.
Despite projectprogress, software technology used in flood alert and monitoring remainsinsufficient and low-quality in Vietnam, Dinh Thai Hung, arepresentative from the National Centre for Hydro-MeteorologicalForecasting, told the seminar co-hosted by the centre and the JapanAerospace Exploration Agency.
The project is part of a strategy to assist Vietnamese, Bangladeshi and Filipino governments in the effort.
According to the World Meteorological Organisation’s Asia DisasterManagement Agency, Vietnam is among the countries most vulnerable tonatural disasters in Asia.
With a 3,260-kilometrecoastline, Vietnam is at risk of numerous calamities including flooding,rainstorms, drought, landslides, and whirlwinds. Flooding traditionallycauses the most serious damage.-VNA
