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When John Lowrey's home flooded three years in a row, he had no warning. Now, Juneau's new forecasting dashboard predicts glacial floods hours in advance, helping 15,000 residents protect their homes and families.
Google's AI flood forecasting system now protects 2 billion people across 150 countries by predicting river floods seven days in advance and urban flash floods 24 hours before they strike. A groundbreaking new tool called Groundsource analyzed 5 million news reports to create the world's first comprehensive urban flood dataset.