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FastFlood

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Rapid flood modelling in the browser — steady-state inundation estimates in seconds, anywhere on earth.

by Utrecht University

Pricing
Free
License
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Ecosystem
Browser
Platform
Web

About FastFlood

FastFlood runs a simplified steady-state flood solver directly in the browser on global terrain data: pick a region, set a rainfall or discharge scenario, and get an inundation estimate in seconds rather than hours. Developed at Utrecht University, it uses a clever accelerated approximation of the shallow-water solution that benchmarks surprisingly well against full 2D models for screening purposes.

It will not produce design-grade results — no timing, limited structure representation — but for rapid screening, emergency response, teaching and communicating flood risk to non-modellers, nothing free is faster.

Where it fits in the workflow

TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting

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