GlobMaps Climate Intelligence
Flood API · Coming Soon

2024 — Global floods caused $310B in losses. Most were in regions with no early warning.

Know the flood risk
before the water rises

Pluvial · fluvial · coastal flood risk for any coordinate on Earth. Return period analysis powered by ECMWF ERA5 — in under 3 seconds.

Data sources & methodology standards

ECMWF ERA5 ReanalysisGloFAS River DischargeCopernicus C3SWMO 1991–2020 BaselineGEBCO BathymetrySRTM Topography

Weather APIs tell you it will rain. We tell you whether that rain will flood the warehouse — and how likely it is to happen again next year.

Integration

Up and running in minutes

01

Register & get your API key

Free tier. No credit card. Instant key generation.

02

Query any coordinate

Pass lat/lng. Get risk score, severity, and components in one call.

03

Integrate into your product

Standard JSON over HTTPS. Any language, any cloud.

Features

Everything in one call.

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3 Flood Types

Pluvial, fluvial, and coastal — all in one call

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Return Period Analysis

1-in-10, 1-in-50, 1-in-100 year event probability

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GloFAS Integration

EU Copernicus river discharge — 40+ years of data

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0.25° Resolution

ERA5 grid — ~28 km precision globally

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Global Coverage

180+ countries. Phase I: Southeast Asia optimized

Under 3 Seconds

p99 response time. Standard JSON over HTTPS

API Reference

One endpoint. Full flood picture.

POST /api/risk-map/flood

Ready · POST /api/risk-map/flood
200 OK

Request

curl -X POST "https://climate.globmaps.com/api/risk-map/flood" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lat":13.75,"lng":100.5}'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "location": { "country": "THA", "distanceKm": 0 },
    "period":   { "month": "2026-03", "baseline": "1991-2020" },
    "flood": {
      "score": 68,
      "level": "high",
      "types": {
        "pluvial": { "score": 72, "return10yr": true },
        "fluvial": { "score": 65, "return50yr": false },
        "coastal": { "score": 41, "level": "low" }
      }
    },
    "confidenceScore": 0.81
  },
  "meta": { "rateLimitRemaining": 97, "tier": "STARTER" }
}

Get started today

ERA5 flood intelligence.
Free to start.

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