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How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives

  • Written by Navid Tahvildari, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University
How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save livesA hurricane's storm surge can quickly inundate coastal areas.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any other type of disaster. Since 1980, these powerful tropical storms have done more than US$1.5 trillion in damage and killed more than 7,000...

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