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Google’s AI river-flood model gives five-day warnings in ungauged basins, Nature reports

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Source: Google ResearchAlso reported by Nature (paper)

Google Research published a Nature paper on 20 March 2024 on predicting extreme floods worldwide, including in river basins without stream gauges. Its AI model gave forecasts at four to five days’ lead time that were as reliable as or better than the Global Flood Awareness System’s same-day nowcasts. The model runs Google’s Flood Hub forecasts for river reaches in over 80 countries.

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Countries with few river gauges got AI flood forecasts that stay reliable four to five days ahead, published through Google’s Flood Hub and alerts in Search, Maps and Android.

When
20 Mar 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0021
Who
Google

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Google Research and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0021: “Google’s AI river-flood model gives five-day warnings in ungauged basins, Nature reports.” wheresthe.ai, 20 Mar 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/google-ai-flood-forecasting-nature-2024-03/ (source: Google Research).

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