Google Flood Forecasting Initiative: Sounding the Alarm in India and Beyond

Google Flood Forecasting Initiative: Sounding the Alarm in India and Beyond

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Google Flood Forecasting Initiative: Sounding the Alarm in India and Beyond
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Ruha Devanesan, Google Inc.

Using the Ganges Basin in India as an example, this presentation hopes to demonstrate not only how machine learning, applied to disaster warnings, can have an immense impact and save lives, but also gives an example of how a government can partner with businesses and non-governmental organizations. benefits to map disaster risks, generate warnings and alert the public in locally relevant and actionable ways.

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