This page provides a complete sample response for a flood hazard from the Active Hazards API endpoint. Flood hazards are sourced from the NASA Global Flood Model, which combines satellite observations (VIIRS, DFO) with hydrological models (GloFAS, GFMS) to identify and monitor flooding events worldwide.
Flood-Specific Properties
Incident Data
The incident.properties object for flood hazards contains data from the NASA Global Flood Model:
senderName - Source name (e.g., "The NASA Global Flood Model")
pfafId - Primary Pfafstetter basin identifier
pfafIdList - Comma-separated list of all affected basin IDs
The features property for floods contains two types of GeoJSON features:
INCIDENT features: MultiPolygon geometries representing the actual flood-affected areas (watershed boundaries). Properties include all the risk scores, satellite observation data, and severity levels from the incident.
WATERSHED features: Point features representing individual affected watersheds. Properties include pfafId, nameAdmin0 (country), nameAdmin1 (region), centroidX/centroidY, admin1Names, and incidentSeverity.
Exposure Areas
Floods use a single exposure level:
Level 1: Combined water basins at Watch or Warning severity
Sample Response
Note: Coordinate arrays have been replaced with [...] for brevity. The features array has been truncated to show representative INCIDENT and WATERSHED feature types. In actual API responses, all affected watersheds are included. This sample contained 1 INCIDENT feature and 53 WATERSHED features spanning Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Nepal.
