India Flood Inventory-Impacts (IFI-Impacts) [1967-2023]: A multi-source national geospatial database to facilitate comprehensive flood research

This repository hosts the India Flood Inventory with Impacts (IFI-Impacts) database. It contains flood event data sourced from the Indian Meteorological Department from 1967-2023. It has undergone extensive manual digitization, cleaning, and includes new information to make it suitable for computational research in hydroclimate.

v4.0: Development of District Flood Severity Index (DFSI)

v3.0: India Flood Inventory (IFI) 1967-2023. Updated with local government codes (LGD) for state and district. 

v1.0: India Flood Inventory (IFI) 1967-2016.

v2.0: India Flood Inventory (IFI) 1967-2023. With impacts and district flooded area.

REFERENCES

Saharia, M., Jain, A., Baishya, R.R., Haobam, S., Sreejith, O.P., Pai, D.S., Rafieeinasab, A., 2021. India flood inventory: creation of a multi-source national geospatial database to facilitate comprehensive flood research. Nat Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04698-6