Google white paper: AI river-flood forecasts 7 days out for 2B+ people, FireSat wildfire tracking
ymatias · x · 2026-10-16
Google's Yossi Matias and Kate Brandt released a Crisis Resilience white paper marking a decade of AI-powered disaster preparedness: a global river-flood model forecasting up to 7 days ahead for 2B+ people, FireSat near-real-time wildfire tracking, Android Earthquake Alerts expanding to 200 regions, and 10M+ daily crisis-info connections. North star: no one should be surprised by a natural disaster.
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