all AI news
Using AI to expand global access to reliable flood forecasts
Google AI Blog ai.googleblog.com
Floods are the most common natural disaster, and are responsible for roughly $50 billion in annual financial damages worldwide. The rate of flood-related disasters has more than doubled since the year 2000 partly due to climate change. Nearly 1.5 billion people, making up 19% of the world’s population, are exposed to substantial risks from severe flood events. Upgrading early warning systems to …
billion disaster engineering environment expand financial flood global google google research machine learning natural rate research research scientist responsible yossi matias