Project Overview:

The Local Weather Alert System is a web-based application that provides real-time weather updates and alerts specific to the user’s current geographic location. It pulls data from weather APIs and notifies users about extreme conditions like heavy rain, storms, heatwaves, or snowfall. This project can be built with a combination of frontend (HTML, CSS, JS) and backend (Node.js or PHP) technologies.

Technologies Used:

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap

• Backend (Optional): Node.js (Express) or PHP

• APIs:

  • OpenWeatherMap API

  • [GeoLocation API] (built into most browsers)

Key Features:

1. User Location Detection:

   • Uses the browser’s GeoLocation API to detect user's current city or coordinates (latitude/longitude).

2. Real-Time Weather Fetching:

   • Fetches current weather data from an external API like OpenWeatherMap.

   • Displays temperature, humidity, wind speed, visibility, etc.

3. Weather Alerts Display:

   • If the weather API issues warnings (e.g., storm alert), it will display a visible alert.

   • Severity levels (Yellow, Orange, Red) can be color-coded.

4. Notification System:

   • Browser push notifications or toast popups to alert users.

   • Optional: Email alerts using backend services.

5. Search Any Location:

   • User can manually search and check weather/alerts for other cities.

   • Auto-suggest city names using API.

6. Responsive UI:

   • Clean dashboard layout with weather icons and status indicators.

   • Mobile and desktop friendly.

7. History Logs (Optional):

   • Maintain past alert logs in database for admin to review.

   • Display previous alerts to user.