Google is expanding ‘India-first’ flood forecasting capabilities to 80 countries

Google launched its AI-powered flood forecasting services, which was first launched in India in 2018, to 60 more countries. This expansion means that the feature, called Flood Hub, will be available in a total of 80 countries.

“As part of our work to use AI to address the climate crisis, today we’re expanding our flood forecasting capabilities to 80 countries,” the company said in a blog post.

“With the addition of 60 new countries across Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and South and Central America, our platform Flood Hub now includes some of the territories with the highest percentages of population exposed to flood risk and experiencing more extreme weather, covering 460 million people globally,” Google said.