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Google has helped develop a new tool that helps to explore remotely World Heritage sites and understand how climate change is affecting them.
Last year Google began a flood forecasting pilot initiative in the Patna region of India, with the goal of providing accurate real-time flood forecasting information and alerts to those in affected regions.
Google is improving its SOS alert service by adding visual information about disasters, as well as a new navigation warning system on Google Maps.
Two students are using machine learning to predict forest fires with some help from Google. The students are using a network of sensors to collect key data about biomass and other factors affecting wildfires, and have successfully predicted fires with 89% accuracy. With their research, fires will not spread as quickly or as aggressively, thus reducing damages.
This photojournalistic book is a tribute to the millions of people who have lost their lives in natural calamities, published on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster.
The service provides warnings for natural disasters and emergency situations. They appear based on targeted Google searches, such as [Superstorm Sandy], or with location-based search queries like [New York]...
In times of crisis, more and more people in Asia-Pacific and around the world are turning to the web and new technologies to:
Public Alerts are intended to make relevant weather, public safety, and earthquake alerts from US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Weather Service, and the US Geological Survey (USGS), accessible upon search on Google Maps...
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.