This site will be our primary resource for local, visual forecast information moving forward," the post said. "The Flood Hub provides the same depth and flood extent information in a more visual format that helps people to understand the current and forecasted flood situation in their area instantly. It allows people to zoom into the inundation maps to find information about the same flood, and focus on highly specific areas, such as a village. The tech giant recently also launched the Google Flood Hub to make flood data even more hyper-local. 30 cm), Google "flood alerts display inundation maps, which show the extent and depth of flooding right on top of Google Maps, so people can visualise this critical information more easily". While most global flood alerts only provide information on how much a river will rise (e.g.
The company said it aims to make the "alerts more local, accessible, actionable and accurate". And eventually, we want them to be available everywhere," it said in the blogpost. "Our flood forecasting system is now live in all of India and Bangladesh, and we are working to expand these life-saving alerts to countries in South Asia and South America.
The flood forecasting initiative works as part of Google`s broader Crisis Response programme which provides people access to trusted information and resources in critical moments. From sending out 40 million potentially life-saving alerts, in the first three years, it almost tripled the alerts by sending out "over 115 million" in 2021.
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