Artificial Intelligence is Set to Save More People from Floods

When a flood hits a town or a village, satellites can capture images of the disaster, but when it comes to a quick assessment of the damage, there would be no better tool than artificial intelligence. It would help the relief workers to save more people in much less time. For the past 20 years, billions of people have been affected by disasters like floods. It is about time the governments stepped up their game in disaster management. On this ground, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) have joined hands with UN Global Pulse to apply artificial intelligence for analyzing satellite imagery.