Correct Answer : Google
Google, an American technology giant, has launched a platform that displays flood forecasts, namely ‘FloodHub’. This platform shows the area and time where floods could occur, in order to inform people about the natural calamity and authorities can assist them with effectively.
The technology giant has also expanded its AI flood forecasting services to 18 counties across Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia. To recall, these flood forecasting services supported by AI were first introduced in India back in 2018.
Google launched its flood forecasting services to safeguard people against the disasters and natural calamity in 2018.
Google says in a blog post, “We’re also using
AI to forecast floods, another extreme weather pattern exacerbated by climate change. We’ve already helped communities to predict when floods will hit and how deep the waters will get —
in 2021, we sent
115 million flood alert notifications to 23 million people over
Google Search and
Maps, helping save countless lives."..
Source : Mint
