Floods and storm surges pose significant threats to coastal regions worldwide,demanding timely and accurate early warning systems(EWS)for disaster preparedness.Traditional numerical and statistical methods often fall ...Floods and storm surges pose significant threats to coastal regions worldwide,demanding timely and accurate early warning systems(EWS)for disaster preparedness.Traditional numerical and statistical methods often fall short in capturing complex,nonlinear,and real-time environmental dynamics.In recent years,machine learning(ML)and deep learning(DL)techniques have emerged as promising alternatives for enhancing the accuracy,speed,and scalability of EWS.This review critically evaluates the evolution of ML models—such as Artificial Neural Networks(ANN),Convolutional Neural Networks(CNN),and Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM)—in coastal flood prediction,highlighting their architectures,data requirements,performance metrics,and implementation challenges.A unique contribution of this work is the synthesis of real-time deployment challenges including latency,edge-cloud tradeoffs,and policy-level integration,areas often overlooked in prior literature.Furthermore,the review presents a comparative framework of model performance across different geographic and hydrologic settings,offering actionable insights for researchers and practitioners.Limitations of current AI-driven models,such as interpretability,data scarcity,and generalization across regions,are discussed in detail.Finally,the paper outlines future research directions including hybrid modelling,transfer learning,explainable AI,and policy-aware alert systems.By bridging technical performance and operational feasibility,this review aims to guide the development of next-generation intelligent EWS for resilient and adaptive coastal management.展开更多
文摘Floods and storm surges pose significant threats to coastal regions worldwide,demanding timely and accurate early warning systems(EWS)for disaster preparedness.Traditional numerical and statistical methods often fall short in capturing complex,nonlinear,and real-time environmental dynamics.In recent years,machine learning(ML)and deep learning(DL)techniques have emerged as promising alternatives for enhancing the accuracy,speed,and scalability of EWS.This review critically evaluates the evolution of ML models—such as Artificial Neural Networks(ANN),Convolutional Neural Networks(CNN),and Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM)—in coastal flood prediction,highlighting their architectures,data requirements,performance metrics,and implementation challenges.A unique contribution of this work is the synthesis of real-time deployment challenges including latency,edge-cloud tradeoffs,and policy-level integration,areas often overlooked in prior literature.Furthermore,the review presents a comparative framework of model performance across different geographic and hydrologic settings,offering actionable insights for researchers and practitioners.Limitations of current AI-driven models,such as interpretability,data scarcity,and generalization across regions,are discussed in detail.Finally,the paper outlines future research directions including hybrid modelling,transfer learning,explainable AI,and policy-aware alert systems.By bridging technical performance and operational feasibility,this review aims to guide the development of next-generation intelligent EWS for resilient and adaptive coastal management.
