Why do forecasters try to predict flood heights at different points along a river? - they do this to issue warnings fast.
they read the reports that they reported in the past.
By observing the stars.
gamgam style
Using records of flood patterns to predict future flooding.
In ancient Egypt their astronomers use the stars to predict when the Nile River would flood.
They needed to predict when the Nile river would flood
They needed to predict when the Nile river would flood
They needed to predict when the Nile river would flood
Just feel around your elbows, and if there's a tingling sensation, you know you better run, 'dem floods are a' comin!
Floods are almost impossible to predict. When a flood happens in an area with agriculture and animal husbandry it carries away or kills genetic material that is needed for breeding the next generation of plants and animals.
The technology is called satellite imaging. Here environmental activities such as flood are monitored using satellite. The information is transmitted to monitoring centers which transfers these warning to man.