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Google is using old news reports and AI to predict flash floods

Google's model uses 2.6 million flood reports to predict flash floods in urban areas of 150 countries, aiding response in regions lacking weather infrastructure, researchers said.

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A new way to solve data scarcity: Turning qualitative reports into quantitative data with an LLM.

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Groundsource uses historical data and Artificial Intelligence to predict potential natural disasters around the world

Google has introduced 'Groundsource', a new Gemini AI-driven tool for predicting natural disasters, such as flash floods in urban areas.

Google has created a new artificial intelligence tool to predict sudden floods. The system has been trained on a database built from millions of news about global floods and is already available on the Flood Hub, the platform of the company that monitors flood risks

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TechCrunch broke the news in United States on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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