Cognitive Systems: Cutting-Edge Tools for Disaster Management

Time and again, we have seen and read about many natural disasters that have caused great havoc in the world, killing thousands of people and destroying properties and livelihood. Despite the fact that the human race has made tremendous technological progress in various fields, predicting and preventing natural disasters is one area where we haven't been able to surpass the supremacy of Nature. Despite the technological and scientific advancements in this field, and ground breaking developments in weather forecast techniques, disasters at many times cannot be accurately predicted. Dark days for India Any Indian won't easily forget the destruction caused by the tsunami in Southern India which was triggered by a major earthquake in 2004 and the back-to-back floods in Uttarakhand and Kashmir in 2013 and 2104 respectively. Damages of these floods ranged from 7 billion to 15 billion, impacting more than 2 million Indians.