[ad_1] Last Updated: March 22, 2024, 11:22 IST Google is using AI models to help prevent natural calamity or at least warn people The tech giant says it has successfully predicted riverine floods using AI models which could help millions in the future. During a crisis, people rely on Google for trustworthy and valuable information…
[ad_1] The American Red Cross has long been recognized as the universal symbol of humanitarian services —and it’s an expensive operation. In 2022, the American Red Cross generated more than $3.2 billion in operating revenue and spent just over $3 billion in expenses the same year, according to its financial statements. Contributions only make up…
[ad_1] Hurricane Idalia barreled toward southeastern Georgia after hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast with life-threatening storm surges, leaving two dead and hundreds of thousands without power. Idalia made landfall in the morning as a catastrophic category 3 storm at Keaton Beach on the Big Bend coast, less than 90 miles southeast of the state capital of…
[ad_1] The planet had its warmest July on record “by a long shot” — and very likely also had its warmest-ever month in 174 years of record-keeping — according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The striking data, presented Monday by scientists from both agencies, indicate that last month smashed Earth’s previous July…
[ad_1] In this aerial image, damage is seen to a Pfizer pharmaceutical factory after a tornado hit the facility two days earlier, on July 21, 2023 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Sean Rayford | Getty Images Pfizer on Friday said there does not appear to be major damage to the drug manufacturing areas of its…
[ad_1] Dogs and residents enjoy water at Barton Creek Pool on June 27, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Suzanne Cordeiro | AFP | Getty Images The heat wave in Texas has offered little reprieve. For two straight weeks, high temperatures in Del Rio have exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit each day — rising at its highest to 115…
[ad_1] The AirCare app shows air pollution, active fires, wind conditions and pollen levels on a map. CNBC While air quality in North America and Europe improved over the last decade thanks to stricter environmental regulations, extreme weather and record wildfires have raised new air pollution concerns. This week, smoke from wildfires in Quebec and…
[ad_1] Last Updated: April 21, 2023, 03:19 IST The new verification marks will only be available to paid users, businesses, government entities, and officials. (Image: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration) Owner Elon Musk, who has seen his $44 billion investment in the site shrivel, earlier pledged to get rid of what he described as a “lords & peasants…
