Google upgrades its AI flood-forecasting technology to help more people

A demo of Google's flood-forecasting technology shown at a Google AI event in November. We've seen artificial intelligence (AI) do everything from write an essay to develop an entire business -- but did you know that it can help mitigate the dangers of natural disasters, too? Last November, Google released its AI-enabled flood-forecasting platform, FloodHub, to 20 countries around the globe. This platform takes Google's AI flood-tracking technology and uses the data to display where and when floods might occur on an interactive world map. Google has now expanded FloodHub to 80 countries worldwide, adding 60 new countries across Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and South and Central America.