'We want to let people know before floods hit them'
How artificial intelligence is being used to predict when and where flooding will happen.
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How artificial intelligence is being used to predict when and where flooding will happen.
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Salako, has asked Nigerians resident on flood plains, particularly those by River Benue, to move to higher grounds.
Most coastal areas globally are projected to face "100-year flood" events annually until the end of the century, according to a new study.
The Minister gave the early warning, following earlier predictions by the NIgeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), at the official unveiling of the 2023 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), themed ‘ Flood Prediction and it’s impact on Soco- Economic Livelihood’ on Friday in Abuja.
Katerina “Katya” Boukin of MIT's Concrete Sustainability Hub studies the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, particularly regarding Cambridge, Massachusetts.