Journal article · 2026
Web-messaging-based dissemination of urban rainfall and flood information: a Telegram bot framework
npj Natural Hazards
Abstract
Cities serve as major economic centers and experience significant socio-economic impacts from urban flooding, necessitating user-friendly decision-support tools. This study presents an R-based automated, web-messaging-based quasi-operational near real-time framework for rainfall and flood information dissemination. The framework integrates automated data acquisition and develops rainfall and consequence-specific flood risk maps using a probabilistic hazard-vulnerability approach; offering a scalable tool in resource-constrained cities, with potential extension to finer temporal scales.
Cite this paper
Ponukumati, P., & Regonda, S. K. (2026). Web-messaging-based dissemination of urban rainfall and flood information: a Telegram bot framework. npj Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00234-3
@article{regonda2026telegrambotfloodinfo,
author = {Ponukumati, P. and Regonda, S. K.},
title = {{Web-messaging-based dissemination of urban rainfall and flood information: a Telegram bot framework}},
journal = {npj Natural Hazards},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1038/s44304-026-00234-3},
}