When we think of artificial intelligence, we automatically think of image generators and services such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing or Google Bard. But artificial intelligence has long been analyzing large amounts of data to help us on a daily basis.
One of the services where artificial intelligence is very useful is in FloodHub.Google’s flood forecasting system may be the most useful in the short run, and it’s spreading to new countries. Among them is Spain.
Artificial intelligence to know flood forecast
Whether you’re a Formula 1 fan or not, you’ve probably heard of the terrible flooding that took place in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy in the last few days. At least nine dead, several missing and mass evacuation due to historic flooding.
14 rivers overflowed last week, creating a dire situation. Something that may be more regular due to changing conditions caused by climate change, and Google has been saying for a while, Has data analysis system Driven by artificial intelligence, this allows to predict floods.
The purpose of the FloodHub tool, which you can access from this link, information about possible flooding extremely simply. Navigate to your area on the map and check the alerts. They can appear in green, yellow, and red, and if you click, invaluable information is displayed.
For example, you can see the history of the last days, as well as the current situation and expected changes in the coming days. This information is displayed in the form of a graph, but we also have a small window. We can easily see whether the level is expected to rise or not. or vice versa.
After being made available in only 20 countries, Google recently announced on its blog: Service increase to 60 new countries, including Spain and Africa, Asia Pacific, Central America and Europe. This service leverages different publicly accessible data sources, such as weather forecasts or satellite imagery, and it is artificial intelligence that is responsible for sorting that data and drawing conclusions.
Admittedly, this is good news that could benefit millions of users, organizations and action forces, but it is also an example of how to integrate AI into data analytics. Yes definitely, this system only works with river informationyou cannot predict whether there will be an uneven sea level rise in a given area.
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