Internet of Things (IoT) Architecture for Flood Data Management

Flood disaster is one of the most frequent natural disasters that occur all around the world. For flood prone areas or countries, flood management is an essential part of their governance. In recent years, there has been an increasing use of Information Technology (IT) to facilitate in flood management. For example, the use of sensors to measure hydrological data such as water level and then transmitting that data over the network has become a common practice in many parts of the world. The same goes with the measurement and transmission of geological and meteorological data related to flood. When combined together, this infrastructure forms an Internet of Things (IoT). This paper provides a review on the research works that utilize IoT for flood data management. The paper then proposed an IoT architecture for flood data management that can serve as the basis for the implementation of IoT infrastructure that collect, transmit and manage flood related data.