Overview

Overview: 

At Moody’s RMS, we’ve been building industry-leading risk management solutions for insurers, reinsurers, financial services, and the public sector for over 30 years. Our unmatched science, 300+ catastrophe models, data and applications help customers evaluate and manage the risks of natural and man-made disasters.  

The Moody’s RMS Global Flood Data and Maps provide high-resolution, high-accuracy flood mapping tools that enable flood risk assessment for every country in the world. The data provides return period hazard for both defended and undefended views that enables users to assess the flood risk potential at various exceedance probabilities. The data covers the risk arising from both inland and coastal flood sources and provides the expected flood depths to help users assess the severity of hazard for every location. The data is provided in .tiff format and compatible with all GIS applications at 10-meter resolution globally. 

• Global Coverage: Includes every country in the world 

• All Sources of Flood Risk: captures all sources of inland and coastal flooding 

• Multiple Return Periods: provides full flood hazard profile from 10-1000-years 

• Defended Views of Risk: provides defended and undefended views of flood hazard 

• High Resolution: Available at 10-meter resolution 

• Extent and Depth: Provides flood extent and expected flood deph 

• Format: provided as a .tiff file for use in all GIS platforms or via API. 

The data can be used for a multitude of purposes related to flood risk assessment including but not limited to: 

• Improved understanding of location level flood risk: assess the risk potential to a location of interest (or group of locations) arising from inland or coastal flooding and the changes at different severity levels. 

• Logistics planning: understand flood risk potential within communities for disaster planning. 

• Infrastructure and Asset Development: understand potential at-risk areas when considering new asset development and whether the locations fall within expected flood plains. 

• Strategic Planning and Flood mitigation: conduct analysis on potential benefits of infrastructure development to mitigate flood risk potential in local communities. 

To learn more or enquire about pricing and purchasing, follow:  

https://ma.moodys.com/MC-34193-ESRI_Marketplace_FloodMaps.html?cid=pa-ntvds-17489 

Industries: 

• (re)insurance 

• Real Estate 

• Banking 

• Retail 

• State and Local Governments 

• Transportation 

• Corporate 

Version: 2.0 

Last Updated: September 2023