What NowCast Offers
Respond in real-time
Use NowCast to build a common operating platform and maintain situational awareness as a flood unfolds.
Enhance decision making with live intelligence on impacted people, property and critical infrastructure. Coordinate a targeted response in the moments that matter.
Why Choose NowCast
Respond efficiently and confidently
Gather and maintain dynamic situational awareness
Rapidly understand and assess emerging social, infrastructure and economic impacts
Close flooded roads and coordinate safe evacuation routes
Create a common operating picture
Share data and intelligence across agencies, teams and organizations
Start proactive planning for inter-agency response and recovery
Send localized and personalized alerts to communities most at risk
Prioritize and target assets most impacted
Visualize and understand flood hazard impacts at a property level resolution
Plan at a state-wide scale and deploy locally to ensure optimal use of resources
Triage operations to render assistance to those most impacts
Live flood mapping at your fingertips
With NowCast, you can:
Case Study
City of Norfolk - live traffic routing
Background
The Hamptons Roads suffer from frequent flooding due to sea level rise, subsidence, strong winds, and high intensity rainfall events. Furthermore, Hurricane events can bring storm-surge and widespread rainfall.
Problem
In the City of Norfolk, Virginia, flooding causes significant disruptions to transport, affecting private, commercial, and emergency vehicles as well as public transport.
There is a lack of situational awareness on the exact location and severity of the flooding, which roads are closed or impassible, and how to navigate around the hazards.
Solution
FloodMapp NowCast was deployed across the City to simulate coastal, riverine and pluvial flooding in real-time with an hourly refresh rate based on real-time data from USG’s, NOAA NWS, and City Sensors.
NowCast was coupled with our analytics product, RoadSafe, to provide the City and residents with vital intelligence on flooded roads and navigation.
“As our streets flood more often due to climate change, we need to find a sustainable way to alert community members about the risks they face. FloodMapp’s technology provides affordable, citywide situational awareness that current solutions, such as sensor networks alone, don’t offer.”
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Kyle Spencer
Deputy Resilience Officer, City of Norfolk
