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flood
vr.tr.flood · thing-q8068
Let an agent handle floods by type, location, severity, warnings and response, and give safety information from official sources.
Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.EVT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Type and cause What kind of flood.
Type
River, surface, coastal.
Type
Flood type.
- What type of flood is it? definition
- What caused it? definition
Severity
Depth and extent.
Severity
Depth, extent and return period.
- How deep and extensive is it? measurement
- What return period does it represent? measurement
Warning Official alerts.
Alerts
Warning levels.
Warnings
Current warnings.
- What flood warnings are in force, from which official service? provenance
- What does the warning level mean? definition
Protective actions
What to do.
Actions
Recommended actions.
- What should people do now: move to higher ground, avoid floodwater? action
- When should they evacuate? action
Risk Planning and maps.
Risk maps
Flood zones.
Risk maps
Flood risk mapping.
- Is this location in a flood risk zone? boundary
- According to which map? provenance
Defences
Protection measures.
Defences
Defences in place.
- Which defences protect this area? definition
- What standard of protection? measurement
Recovery After the flood.
Health
Contamination.
Health
Health precautions.
- What health precautions apply after flooding? action
- Is drinking water safe? boundary
Support
Insurance and aid.
Support
Support available.
- What insurance and aid are available? action
- How is damage documented? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.EVT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- deluge myth, river overflow, non-water flood, storm surge, floods in Ivory Coast, 2024 Nigerian floods, Vidorlada, jökulhlaup, fluvial flooding, groundwater flooding, surface water flooding, urban flooding
What it is Filled
An overflow of water onto land that is normally dry, from rivers, the sea, heavy rain, snowmelt or failed infrastructure; also a subject of flood myths.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle floods by type, location, severity, warnings and response, and give safety information from official sources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Water on normally dry land
- Types: river, surface water, coastal, groundwater, flash
- Warnings issued by official services
- Among the most costly natural hazards
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Issue flood warnings or all-clears on its own authority.
- Send people or vehicles through floodwater.
- Open or close flood gates or barriers without the operator's authority.
- Spread false flood alerts or downplay official ones.
Only with a human decision
- Evacuation decisions.
- Operating flood defences.
May
- Relay official flood warnings with source and time.
- Monitor water levels and report rising water to authorities and people it serves.
Moral aspects Filled
- Floods kill people and destroy homes; clear and correct warnings save lives.
- Flood risk falls unequally, often on the poorest areas.
Who is affected
- People in flood-prone areas
- Emergency responders
- Farmers and businesses
Owners Filled
Steward
Flood and emergency management authorities; landowners answer for defences on their land.
Master systems
- Flood risk maps and flood event records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q30017 - registry parent class
- Q8065 - registry parent class
related
- natural disaster - hazard
- shower and storm - rain
- road, building, city - exposure
- sanitation - contamination risk
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.flood
- Wikidata: Q8068 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8068)
- event id: for example GLIDE number disaster events
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- depth: centimetres to metres depth - 15 cm of fast water can knock a person over
- return period: 1 in 10 to 1 in 1000 years - probability used in planning
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Water where land is normally dry
- Official flood warnings and maps
- Debris lines showing peak levels
- Water covering land, roads and buildings; rivers out of their banks; coastal inundation from storm surge.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- forecast and warn of it
- prepare for and respond to it
- map flood risk
- recover and claim insurance
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Drowning, especially driving into floodwater
- Contaminated water and disease
- Electrical hazards
- Ignored or misunderstood warnings
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC
- National flood warning services
- Building and planning rules for flood zones
Context of use required Filled
- Floods are hazards to manage; understanding them supports warning, planning and recovery.
- river (fluvial) floods
- surface water (pluvial) floods
- coastal floods and storm surge
- flash floods
- groundwater floods
- dam and levee failures
- non-water floods such as mudflows
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q8068: flood - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Flood - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should flood types be separate entries?
- How should agents present live warnings reliably?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific floods; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8068/spec.json