What's the hype around machine learning and AI for flood mitigation?

Southern California’s recent severe floods are flashing a warning for local and state governments to reexamine their flood mitigation preparedness plans. The uncertainty and flooding risks from a more extreme weather future are driving some governmental bodies to deploy new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies to analyze and prepare for similar events.

Understanding flood patterns is a key concern of state and local officials across the country, who depend on these projections for both emergency services planning and structural engineering purposes. During a major flood event like California’s, governments depend on their own preparations and predictions to lay the groundwork for their emergency response and hazard mitigation.

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