Flood Time Machine — Chennai flood risk by address, 2005 to 2070

Flood Time Machine

Chennai · per-address flood risk · 2005 → 2070

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Your address

Tap anywhere on the map to drop the pin on your own street.

Flood risk scoreToday

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pick an address

hazard (depth + history) –

low ground –

built-up –

score –

bars sum to the score · hazard packs depth (40%) + history (20%)

Emergency routestoday

from to nearest

Least-risk weighs distance × (1 + 2·risk + 3·severe), so waist-deep streets are priced out — the shortest route is not the safe one.

Risk score

0510

Each square is a 100 m cell. Colours are pre-computed risk, so the whole city is already scored before you click.

Exposed in Today

residents–

in ≥ 60 cm water–

buildings–

roads–

built-up wet– res · – com · – ind

critical sites–

hospitals · schools · police · fire · in ≥60 cm–

residents exposed

Years use different source datasets (2020: only 53 published hotspot points — sparse record), so comparisons are indicative, not exact.

Citywide, in this year's modelled water: ≥ 15 cm = affected, ≥ 60 cm = severe (waist-deep). Tap a year to re-count.