Community Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS)
Community based flood early warning system (CBFEWS) is an integrated system of tools and plans managed by and for communities, providing real-time flood warnings to reduce flood risks. CBFEWS is based on people-centered, timely, simple and low-cost technology. It disseminates information to the vulnerable communities downstream through a network of communities and government bodies. A properly designed and implemented system can save lives and reduce property loss by increasing the lead time to prepare and respond to flood on ground level.
CBFEWS Map of implementations: Please click on the map below for an interactive version:
CBFEWS Receives
Global Award
Publications
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Community Based Flood Early Warning System Resource Manual : Revised Edition for Telemetry Based ...
Proceedings of the Meeting on Outscaling Community- Based Flood Early Warning System (CBFEWS) in ...
Regional workshop on Communicating Flood Early Warning for Last Mile Connectivity, 2–4 October ...
Community-based Flood Early Warning System: The Story from Then to Now
Proceedings of the Third Regional Hands-on Training on Community Based Flood Early Warning ...
Empowering Vulnerable Communities in Gilgit-Baltistan through Community Based Flood Early Warning ...
Workshop report on Regional Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation in the context of the ...
Community-Based Flood Early Warning System: Reaching the Most Vulnerable
Flood Early Warning Systems in Bhutan - A Gendered Perspective: ICIMOD Working Paper 2016/13
Community Based Flood Early Warning System for the Hindu Kush Himalaya: Resource Manual
Media Coverage
- Disaster governance: Regional framework needed(26 Jul 2019, Published in The Himalayan Times)
- Disaster governance: Regional framework needed(26 Jul 2019, Published in The Himalayan Times)
- Fourth regional hands-on training on community-based flood early warning systems(22 Jul 2019, Published in Relief Web)
- WhatsApp messages from Bhutan save lives in Assam(04 Jul 2019, Published in The Third Pole Net, By Shailendra Yashwant)
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Meet our Team
Arun Bhakta Shrestha
Regional Progamme Manager - River Basins & Cryosphere
Neera Shrestha Pradhan
Programme Coordinator - SWaRMA
Indu Chitrakar
Programme Associate - SWaRMA
Ashmita Shakya
Programme Associate
Narendra Bajracharya
Senior Admin Associate/Maintenance Coordination
Dipankar Shakya
SSA - CBFEWS
Vijay Khadgi
Flood Early Warning and Energy Analyst
