Investigation of the effects of heavy rain and flood in emirates of fujairah- uae and construction and compilation of flood map and elevation chart using state of the art gis technologies
International Journal of Development Research
Investigation of the effects of heavy rain and flood in emirates of fujairah- uae and construction and compilation of flood map and elevation chart using state of the art gis technologies
Received 11th July, 2022; Received in revised form 27th July, 2022; Accepted 10th August, 2022; Published online 23rd September, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Fatmah Rashed Mohamed Obaid Alhefeiti et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Fujairah is the fifth largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates and is considered as one of the most fertile lands of the country.In July 2022, one of the most perilous floods occurred in Fujairah city following highest amount of rain that fell on the country during the month of July in 27 years, since 1995.The floodresulted in 7 reported casualties and enormous property loss andinfrastructure damages.The Fujairah flood map is constructed, and elevation chart has been compiled in this study to provide insight to the effects of flood. This can alsoprovide useful platform to look at for government institutions, as a starting point to consider, in such scenarios, to take the quick and accurately focused actions for the safety of lives and resources of the people of Fujairah. The advanced QGIS, ASPOSE tool, MyMap and FloodMaps have been used. The devised protocol used to map the flood and elevation chart can be applied to map the flood risks for the other emirates of United Arab Emirates.
