Google AI predicts floods four days early in South America and Africa

Google’s synthetic intelligence flood prediction system can now forecast floods 4 days upfront in data-poor areas, like South America and Africa, in addition to data-rich areas like Europe and the US.

Most of the world’s waterways don’t have correct measurements for water circulate, which makes predicting floods onerous. Lower-income nations are disproportionately affected by an absence of information, whereas higher-income nations usually tend to have well-measured rivers and lakes and so extra correct flood predictions.

In 2018, Google launched an …