Google is partnering with the Central Water Commission of India to alert users in the country about impending floods. As The Verge notes, “the service is only available in the Patna region, with the first alert going out earlier this month.” From the report: As Google’s engineering VP Yossi Matias outlines in a blog post, these predictions are being made using a combination of machine learning, rainfall records, and flood simulations. “A variety of elements — from historical events, to river level readings, to the terrain and elevation of a specific area — feed into our models,” writes Matias. “With this information, we’ve created river flood forecasting models that can more accurately predict not only when and where a flood might occur, but the severity of the event as well.”

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