This tool uses plotly to create choropleth maps displaying the amount of flood occurrences and deaths through the years 2000 - 2021 in the United States. By hovering over a specific state, the user can view the amount of occurrences/deaths as a number.
Data was obtained through several sources. Some sources were unavailable and archives of the sources were used instead. Information from the sources and the archives were stored into a CSV file.
Using the data from the CSV, two choropleth maps were created via Plotly. One of the visualizations contain a choropleth for flood deaths in the U.S. And the other visualization contains a choropleth for flood occurrences in the U.S.
Rohan Sazad is a student at CUNY Queens College majoring in Computer Science. He has knowledge in C++ and Python.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-sazad-635293217/
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