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Flood Failure and Intervention Information System (TAMBIS) : TAMBIS Project, which has a web
and mobile application, has been implemented in order to collect data containing information
such as flood events experienced, flood control facilities put into operation, interventions made
to river beds, flood hazard maps, etc., to ensure the sustainability of these data by strengthening
them and to provide easy access to them.

Activities During Flooding

At the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, the Departments of Flood Control, Survey
Planning and Allocations, Operation and Maintenance, Machinery Manufacturing and Equip-
ment evaluate the flood information received from the Regional Directorates of State Hydraulic
Works and determine the measures to be taken urgently.

Following the notification of the flood, the personnel in charge at the Regional Directorates of
SHW reach the flood zone and transfer the news and information to the General Directorate of
SHW and the local authority of the flooded area according to the flood event and the magnitude
of the damage. In order to protect the facilities in operation, maintenance teams are mobilised in
sensitive areas and the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works is regularly informed about
the developments during the flood.
Post-Flood Activities

After the flood, determination of flood damages, determination of works to be carried out and
creation of work programmes, taking temporary and urgent measures, determination of da-
mages in flood control facilities and removal of flood damages with mass mechanised works,
cleaning of sediment and debris are carried out. To date, 10,697 flood control facilities have been
constructed and put into operation. It is planned to construct 903 flood control facilities in
2024-2028.

Preparation of flood management plans is an important work to be done in order to ensure
flood preparedness, reduce vulnerability and flood control. In order to minimise the flood risk
in Türkiye, flood management plans have been completed in 24 basins and the preparation of
plans in Meriç-Ergene Basin is ongoing. In four basins (Yeşilırmak, Susurluk, Antalya, Sakarya ba-
sins), the work on updating the plans is ongoing.

Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Centre (TATUM) continues its activities under the General
Directorate of Water Management of MoAF in order to predict and warn possible floods before
they occur and to reduce the possible negative effects of floods with the effective use of existing
information and technology.

National Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System (TATUS) is a system that predicts the flow
that will occur in the river bed and whether the river will overflow from its bed after predicted
and/or realized precipitation events (rain, snow, etc.) and other factors (snowmelt, release of
water from storage facilities, etc.), and shows the area where the water will spread as a result of
any flood prediction. Currently, the studies carried out in Pilot Basins (15 sub-basins) have been
completed and dissemination studies have started.

C.6.6. Drought Management Plans
Türkiye is highly susceptible to drought disaster due to the characteristic features of arid and
semi-arid climatic conditions.

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