The world at large is affected by a number of natural hazards: these include dry spells, earthquakes, wild fire, floods, strong winds, hurricanes just to mention a few. Government needs to provide enough funding for systems sustainability, build capacity of CPCs and install more technologically advanced systems. Despite the efforts to develop the early warning systems, the failures outweigh the successes. Lack of capacity and necessities affects the operation of the community-based system. Operational bureaucracy affects the speedy presentation of warning messages at national level. Apparently, no direct link exists between the two. These systems were installed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and faith-based organisations. The study revealed that Malawi has two distinct systems in place: at national level (managed by several government departments) and at community level. The current community-based early warning system practices were benchmarked against the following elements: risk knowledge, technical monitoring and warning services, dissemination and communication of warnings and response capability. Questionnaires, interviews, group discussions, document analysis were all used in order to understand the behavioural aspect of communities under study. The research employs both qualitative and quantitative approach. This study examines the effectiveness of these river gauges as part of community-based early warning system. In Malawi, ever since the installation of river gauges no study has been done to assess their effectiveness. ![]() ![]() River gauges have been installed along major rivers to monitor water levels in a bid to warn communities of imminent flooding. Floods have affected the countries’ socio-economic developmental plans. One of the major natural hazards the world is facing these days are floods.
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