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Google’s New AI Tool Aims to Warn Cities About Flash Floods Before They Strike

Google's Flood Hub now includes AI-powered urban flash flood forecasts up to 24 hours in advance.

Google has launched an AI model that predicts urban flash floods up to 24 hours in advance. Powered by Gemini, the Groundsource methodology mined 2.6 million historical flood events across 150+ countries to train the new forecasting system, now live on Google’s Flood Hub.