Guess first
A 500 km² basin, damp soil. How much rain does it take for the river at Ben May village to pass alarm level 2 (6.0 m)?
River level, next 7 days
Ben May village (made up), across the valley
The upstream dam releases water: the real river beats the forecast. The model only learned rain and soil; it can't see the dam schedule, so official warnings matter.
Three things the model struggles with
Release schedules aren't in the rain data.
One breach changes where the water goes.
Too fast and too local for days of warning.
Three takeaways
Water takes days to travel downstream; that gap is the warning time.
Learning from 5,000+ gauges lets it forecast rivers that have none.
Dam releases, dike breaks, flash floods: follow the weather agency and local authorities.
Try it: ask a chatbot which river basin your home is in, then find your province's official disaster alert channel and turn on notifications.
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All numbers are examples, worked out the way the video does (120 mm × 500 km² = 60 million m³). Real alarm levels differ at every gauge. Ben May village and its homes are made up; the simulation runs in your browser and calls no real AI. In a real flood, follow the weather agency and local authorities.