Open-source AI flood alerts in local African languages for LDCs and SIDS
# FloodVoice
FloodVoice is an open-source early-warning platform that combines satellite data and community observations with AI to protect climate-vulnerable communities in low‑resource settings.
## Overview
FloodVoice forecasts short-term flash floods (6–12 hours) using an LSTM model that fuses:
- NASA GPM rainfall
- Sentinel-1 flood extent
- Community river-gauge observations delivered via USSD
It produces local-language voice alerts (autogenerated TTS) for low-bandwidth delivery (IVR, WhatsApp audio) and can run offline on low-cost hardware (e.g., Raspberry Pi).
## Quick links
- Deployment: DEPLOYMENT.md
- Model weights: Release v0.1.0 (assets)
- Data sources: DATA_SOURCES.md