Google extends its AI service to Spain to predict floods within a week

2023-05-26T08:13+0200breakinglatest (en)

60 new countries will have this tool that considerably anticipates the forecast. Google has expanded to 60 more countries, including Spain, its forecast service floods ‘Flood Hub’ through artificial intelligence (AI) that Allows you to make seven-day forecasts.

16:35 Lenarčič: Bosnia and Herzegovina did not ask for assistance from the EU after the latest floods

2023-05-25T16:38+0200fena (en)

SARAJEVO, May 25 (FENA) - Since last year, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a full member of the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism, the European solidarity framework for helping countries affected by disasters, but did not ask for help after the last floods that hit the northern part of the....

Hungary has also been included in Google’s flood warning platform

2023-05-24T12:42+0200hungary-postsen (en)

Google’s Flood Hub service can help notify those affected in time of a potential flood. According to the company, the application can reduce the amount of damage caused by a natural disaster. Floods, which have become more frequent due to climate change, threaten the safety of many people in the recent period.

Google expands AI flood forecasting tool to Ireland among other locations

2023-05-22T18:15+0200siliconrepublic (en)

Google Flood Hub uses machine learning to predict flooding, but it does not identify coastal or flash flooding, or flooding in urban areas. Tech giant Google has said that Ireland is to be included in the series of new locations it is hoping to serve with its AI-powered flood forecasting tool, ....

Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 8350: Evaluated Post-Disaster and Emergency Assembly Areas Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Techniques: A Case Study of Turkey

2023-05-21T11:53+0200mdpi (en)

Dalal et al. (2007) intended to address the cyclone shelter problem in India by dividing the number of villages into a minimum number of clusters and locating and assessing shelter capacity. The Elzinga–Hearn method and heuristic methods were used. A distance matrix was used to create an algorithm,....

Italy's Deadly Floods Just Latest Example Of Climate Change's All-Or-Nothing Weather Extremes

2023-05-20T23:05+0200huffingtonpost-us-en (en)

The coastal region of Emilia-Romagna was struck twice, first by heavy rain two weeks ago on drought-parched ground that could not absorb it, causing rivers to overflow overnight, followed by this week’s deluge that killed 14 and caused damages estimated in the billions of euros.

Rarely inundated floodplains in Asia, Africa face higher risk now, says study. Here’s why

2023-05-19T07:21+0200downtoearth (en)

showed. Although only making up 5 per cent of the populated river reaches, laterally unconfined floodplains are home to 412 million people, thus accounting for 21 per cent of the total population exposure globally. The highest population density on laterally unconfined floodplains is found in Asia and North Africa.

A Dam Bursts in Laos — and Unleashes Unexploded American Bombs from the Vietnam War

2023-05-17T17:50+0200undispatch (en)

When the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam burst in southern Laos on July 23, it released 5 billion cubic meters of water that killed at least 35 people, displaced more than 6,000 and swamped 18,000 acres of land that stretched into neighboring Cambodia. It also let loose an unknown amount of unexploded ordnance—a remnant of the Vietnam War.

‘Catastrophic’ Floods in Italy Leave 8 Dead and Thousands Homeless

2023-05-17T14:48+0200nytimes (en)

Widespread flooding in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna killed at least eight people and forced another 5,000 to abandon their homes, officials said on Wednesday as rescue efforts continued to assist those stuck on the upper stories of buildings.