ABSTRACT
Flood
in general is a natural disaster that gives negative impact to human and their
environment. The Kota Marudu district is one of the area that hardest hit by
flood in past 2011. So the location of this study is on the Kota Marudu
district and Tandek area is the main focus. Objective of this study was to identify the
factors that cause of flood in the Kota Marudu district, particularly in the
area N5 Tandek. In addition, this study also identified the impact of the
floods that occurred since early 2000 especially in their economy things. This
research also aims to classify the flood zones follow by the flooding effect in
the study area. The data that required in this study is the rainfall, river
network map, the flood report and the related hydrological data. On-site visit
and research also conducted to understand the real situation and to know the
problem faced by the people that living in flood affected. Geography Information System (GIS) application fully use in the analysis process to get the required
result. A few zones will be set by area or village and further make the analysis
of flood effect with different zones.