The invention discloses an underground flood alarm method based on image and water 
sump monitoring. The alarm method includes the steps that cameras are placed on an underground 
coal mine tunneling working face, a 
coal working face or other operation faces possibly having a water inrush accident, and a water 
sump liquid level monitoring device and a 
water discharge monitoring device are placed in a downstream water 
sump of a drainage channel of a roadway monitored by each camera; when it is monitored that abnormal 
water flow appears in a set region in video images of the cameras, moreover, the 
duration time of the 
water flow exceeds a set time threshold value or 
water flow increasing speed exceeds a set threshold value, and meanwhile 
water intake quantity of the corresponding water sump is abnormal, a flood 
alarm signal is sent out. The alarm method fully considers the characteristic of a 
coal mine coal working face flood and is easy to implement, corresponding measures are taken automatically in time, an alarm can be given for water inrush of a coal mine accurately at first time, and valuable rescue and escape time is bought for underground staff, not at the flood site, in other regions.