#emergency-response — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #emergency-response, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/129074/ Tragedy Strikes in Swiss Alps: Dutch Tour Bus Crash Claims Lives #Alps #BusAccident #BusCrash #DutchNationals #EmergencyResponse #Graubuenden #helicopters #OAD #Susch #SwissAlps #TourOperator
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/129032/ Tragic Bus Crash in Swiss Alps Leaves Multiple Casualties #Alps #ANVR #BusCrash #casualties #DutchPassengers #EmergencyResponse #OAD #Susch #SwissAlps #TourOperator #TravelAccident
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/129016/ Tragedy Strikes: Fatal Bus Crash in the Swiss Alps #AlpineVillage #Alps #BusCrash #EmergencyResponse #FatalAccident #Graubuenden #injuries #police #Susch #SwissAlps #TravelCoach
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Woman, 87, trying to parallel park crashes into Malden restaurant near City Hall https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/24815/ #bar #CityHall #EmergencyResponse #malden #MaldenCityHall #MaldenRestaurant #massachusetts #MexicanRestaurant #MexicanRestaurants #PleasantStreet #SantaFeBurritoGrill #SantaFeBurritoGrillAndBar #scene #sidewalk #site #TowTruck #vehicle #WCVB #wednesday
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Woman, 87, trying to parallel park crashes into Malden restaurant near City Hall https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/24815/ #bar #CityHall #EmergencyResponse #malden #MaldenCityHall #MaldenRestaurant #massachusetts #MexicanRestaurant #MexicanRestaurants #PleasantStreet #SantaFeBurritoGrill #SantaFeBurritoGrillAndBar #scene #sidewalk #site #TowTruck #vehicle #WCVB #wednesday
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Meet ‘real life superheroes’ at emergency roadshow
Fancy watching emergency crews carrying out rescue missions? Or getting in touching distance of a fire truck or…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Ealing #ambulance #emergency #emergencyresponse #fire #Police #roadshow
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"Keeping Mentally Healthy in Trauma Nursing"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202609/keeping-mentally-healthy-in-trauma-nursing
One journey from practice to research.
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #Responders #EmergencyResponse #EmergencyResponders #EmergencyResponder #TraumaNursing #Nursing #DisasterMedicine #DisasterNurse #DisasterNursing -
"Keeping Mentally Healthy in Trauma Nursing"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202609/keeping-mentally-healthy-in-trauma-nursing
One journey from practice to research.
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #Responders #EmergencyResponse #EmergencyResponders #EmergencyResponder #TraumaNursing #Nursing #DisasterMedicine #DisasterNurse #DisasterNursing -
"Keeping Mentally Healthy in Trauma Nursing"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202609/keeping-mentally-healthy-in-trauma-nursing
One journey from practice to research.
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #Responders #EmergencyResponse #EmergencyResponders #EmergencyResponder #TraumaNursing #Nursing #DisasterMedicine #DisasterNurse #DisasterNursing -
"Keeping Mentally Healthy in Trauma Nursing"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202609/keeping-mentally-healthy-in-trauma-nursing
One journey from practice to research.
#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #Responders #EmergencyResponse #EmergencyResponders #EmergencyResponder #TraumaNursing #Nursing #DisasterMedicine #DisasterNurse #DisasterNursing -
🚨👟 The brave heroes saving lives in Japan have a new villain: shoe rearrangers! Because, clearly, the secret to efficient emergency response lies in the precise alignment of footwear. 🦸♀️🧦
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/never-tidy-paramedics-shoes-japan-custom-etiquette #heroesinJapan #shoearrangers #emergencyresponse #footwearalignment #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨👟 The brave heroes saving lives in Japan have a new villain: shoe rearrangers! Because, clearly, the secret to efficient emergency response lies in the precise alignment of footwear. 🦸♀️🧦
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/never-tidy-paramedics-shoes-japan-custom-etiquette #heroesinJapan #shoearrangers #emergencyresponse #footwearalignment #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨👟 The brave heroes saving lives in Japan have a new villain: shoe rearrangers! Because, clearly, the secret to efficient emergency response lies in the precise alignment of footwear. 🦸♀️🧦
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/never-tidy-paramedics-shoes-japan-custom-etiquette #heroesinJapan #shoearrangers #emergencyresponse #footwearalignment #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨👟 The brave heroes saving lives in Japan have a new villain: shoe rearrangers! Because, clearly, the secret to efficient emergency response lies in the precise alignment of footwear. 🦸♀️🧦
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/never-tidy-paramedics-shoes-japan-custom-etiquette #heroesinJapan #shoearrangers #emergencyresponse #footwearalignment #HackerNews #ngated -
https://www.europesays.com/dk/159162/ Fire crews knock down fully-engulfed barn fire in Berlin Township | Local News #BarnFire #berlin #BerlinTownship #EmergencyResponse #firefighters #Germany #StructureFire
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/159132/ Fire crews knock down fully-engulfed barn fire in Berlin Township | Local News #BarnFire #berlin #BerlinTownship #EmergencyResponse #firefighters #Germany #StructureFire
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213259/ Statement by President von der Leyen following her visit to the emergency response coordination centre #CivilDefence #EmergencyResponse #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #wildfire
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Statement by President von der Leyen following her visit to the emergency response coordination centre
Good afternoon, I want to start with a simple message – thank you, this is a message for…
#Europe #EU #civildefence #emergencyresponse #EuropeanUnion #wildfire
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LIVE: Von der Leyen speaks on EU’s emergency response coordination
President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, holds press statement about the EU's emergency response coordination. #vonderleyen #europe #weather #wildfire #emergencyresponse #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-von-der-leyen-speaks-on-eus-emergency-response-coordination/
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LIVE: Von der Leyen speaks on EU’s emergency response coordination
President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, holds press statement about the EU's emergency response coordination. #vonderleyen #europe #weather #wildfire #emergencyresponse #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-von-der-leyen-speaks-on-eus-emergency-response-coordination/
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LIVE: Von der Leyen speaks on EU’s emergency response coordination
President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, holds press statement about the EU's emergency response coordination. #vonderleyen #europe #weather #wildfire #emergencyresponse #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-von-der-leyen-speaks-on-eus-emergency-response-coordination/
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LIVE: Von der Leyen speaks on EU’s emergency response coordination
President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, holds press statement about the EU's emergency response coordination. #vonderleyen #europe #weather #wildfire #emergencyresponse #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-von-der-leyen-speaks-on-eus-emergency-response-coordination/
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/85379/ Helicopters and boats rescue passengers from capsized ferry in northern Cyprus #AccidentInvestigation #BoatCapsizedNorthernCyprus #BoatIncident #BoatSinkingNews #BoatTragedy #BreakingNews #CoastGuardResponse #EmergencyResponse #gdnpfpnewsworld #guardian #GuardianNews #LocalNewsNorthernCyprus #MaritimeDisaster #MaritimeSafety #NorthernCyprusBoatAccident #NorthernCyprusNews #NorthernCyprusRescue #RegionalNews #RescueOperation #SeaAccident #SeaRescueEfforts #world
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/155787/ Amsterdam stabbing horror as three knifed outside major train station | World | News #Amsterdam #AmsterdamCentralStation #EmergencyNews #EmergencyResponse #KnifeCrime #Netherlands #Police #PoliceInvestigation #StabbingIncident
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UC Irvine: Social media: Reading between the lines. “Researchers analyzed 24,598 heat-related posts on Twitter, now X, from across California between 2016 and 2022. They found that where people live, how they get around and the resources available to them were associated with meaningful differences in how they talked about extreme heat – including whether they described its effects on their […]
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UC Irvine: Social media: Reading between the lines. “Researchers analyzed 24,598 heat-related posts on Twitter, now X, from across California between 2016 and 2022. They found that where people live, how they get around and the resources available to them were associated with meaningful differences in how they talked about extreme heat – including whether they described its effects on their […]
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UC Irvine: Social media: Reading between the lines. “Researchers analyzed 24,598 heat-related posts on Twitter, now X, from across California between 2016 and 2022. They found that where people live, how they get around and the resources available to them were associated with meaningful differences in how they talked about extreme heat – including whether they described its effects on their […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/30/social-media-reading-between-the-lines-uc-irvine/ -
UC Irvine: Social media: Reading between the lines. “Researchers analyzed 24,598 heat-related posts on Twitter, now X, from across California between 2016 and 2022. They found that where people live, how they get around and the resources available to them were associated with meaningful differences in how they talked about extreme heat – including whether they described its effects on their […]
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Amsterdam stabbing horror as three knifed outside major train station | World | News
Three people have been stabbed outside Amsterdam Central Station, with a fourth person injured and arrested following the…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #Amsterdam #AmsterdamCentralStation #EmergencyNews #emergencyresponse #KnifeCrime #police #policeinvestigation #stabbingincident
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Customs, Fire Service, Unilever Sign MoUs to Boost Trade Security, Emergency Response
Comptroller General Customs, Bashir Adeniyi and the Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Olumode Adeyemi signs MoU with…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #Unilever #BoostTradeSecurity #Emergencyresponse #FederalFireService #MOUs #NigeriaCustomsService #UnileverNigeriaPlc
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/113514/ Customs, Fire Service, Unilever Sign MoUs to Boost Trade Security, Emergency Response #BoostTradeSecurity #EmergencyResponse #FederalFireService #MOUs #NigeriaCustomsService #Unilever #UnileverNigeriaPlc
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Scientists turn cockroaches into cyborg rescue medics
I work with plants so I haven't done any experimental work with animals...what kind of ethical clearances are usually secured (if any) when doing this kind of research?
Towards the end of this report they said there were no real standards for work with insects...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1I8DHl6YRw #Ethics #Science #EmergencyResponse
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Scientists turn cockroaches into cyborg rescue medics
I work with plants so I haven't done any experimental work with animals...what kind of ethical clearances are usually secured (if any) when doing this kind of research?
Towards the end of this report they said there were no real standards for work with insects...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1I8DHl6YRw #Ethics #Science #EmergencyResponse
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Scientists turn cockroaches into cyborg rescue medics
I work with plants so I haven't done any experimental work with animals...what kind of ethical clearances are usually secured (if any) when doing this kind of research?
Towards the end of this report they said there were no real standards for work with insects...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1I8DHl6YRw #Ethics #Science #EmergencyResponse
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Scientists turn cockroaches into cyborg rescue medics
I work with plants so I haven't done any experimental work with animals...what kind of ethical clearances are usually secured (if any) when doing this kind of research?
Towards the end of this report they said there were no real standards for work with insects...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1I8DHl6YRw #Ethics #Science #EmergencyResponse
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Government of Canada to match donations to the Red Cross’ 2026 British Columbia Wildfires Appeal
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 28, 2026 /CNW/ — Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience…
#Canada #2026 #britishcolumbia #Canadian #CanadianRedCross #Canadians #emergencyresponse #GovernmentandPolitics #PrairiesEconomicDevelopmentCanada #PublicSafetyCanada #theCanadianRedCross #TheGovernmentofCanada
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/84179/ Nepal: A newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Chinese border • FRANCE 24 #china #ChinaBorder #EmergencyResponse #FloodWarning #floods #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #GlacialLake #GlacierCollapse #HimalayanDisaster #Nepal #NepalChina #NepalFloods #OverflowingLake #RescueOperations #SatelliteImagery
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EU further extends support to Serbia as wildfires intensify https://www.byteseu.com/2315508/ #CivilDefence #EmergencyResponse #Serbia #wildfire
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EU further extends support to Serbia as wildfires intensify
EU firefighting support to Serbia has been extended until 5 September, with 4 helicopters from the rescEU strategic…
#Europe #EU #civildefence #emergencyresponse #EuropeanUnion #wildfire
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At least one dead after car crashes into crowd in northern France
At least one person has been killed and 10 people injured after a car crashed into a group…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Caen #emergencyresponse #northernFrance
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Fire & Safety Journal Americas: NFPA releases 9/11 World Trade Center safety archive 25 years later. “The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a new digital collection marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, highlighting how lessons from the World Trade Center tragedy shaped fire and life safety standards for high-rise buildings. The collection, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/26/fire-safety-journal-americas-nfpa-releases-9-11-world-trade-center-safety-archive-25-years-later/ -
Fire & Safety Journal Americas: NFPA releases 9/11 World Trade Center safety archive 25 years later. “The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a new digital collection marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, highlighting how lessons from the World Trade Center tragedy shaped fire and life safety standards for high-rise buildings. The collection, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/26/fire-safety-journal-americas-nfpa-releases-9-11-world-trade-center-safety-archive-25-years-later/ -
Fire & Safety Journal Americas: NFPA releases 9/11 World Trade Center safety archive 25 years later. “The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a new digital collection marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, highlighting how lessons from the World Trade Center tragedy shaped fire and life safety standards for high-rise buildings. The collection, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/26/fire-safety-journal-americas-nfpa-releases-9-11-world-trade-center-safety-archive-25-years-later/ -
Fire & Safety Journal Americas: NFPA releases 9/11 World Trade Center safety archive 25 years later. “The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a new digital collection marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, highlighting how lessons from the World Trade Center tragedy shaped fire and life safety standards for high-rise buildings. The collection, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/26/fire-safety-journal-americas-nfpa-releases-9-11-world-trade-center-safety-archive-25-years-later/ -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/394409/ When the rivers came for Kruger #CommunityRebuilding #EmergencyResponse #FloodEvacuation #January2024Floods #KrugerNationalPark #SouthAfrica
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Commissioner Lahbib visits wildfire-hit Belgium and Germany as European response continues across the continent
As the EU continues to mobilise firefighting support across Europe during an intense wildfire season, Commissioner for Equality,…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #civildefence #EmergencyResponse #wildfire
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Commissioner Lahbib visits wildfire-hit Belgium and Germany as European response continues across the continent
As the EU continues to mobilise firefighting support across Europe during an intense wildfire season, Commissioner for Equality,…
#Europe #EU #civildefence #emergencyresponse #EuropeanUnion #wildfire
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EU sends urgent support to Serbia as wildfires intensify
The European Union has sent urgent support to Serbia through its civil protection mechanism as severe wildfires continue…
#Europe #EU #civildefence #emergencyresponse #EuropeanUnion #wildfire
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https://www.europesays.com/be/34118/ Commissioner Lahbib visits wildfire-hit Belgium and Germany as European response continues across the continent #Belgium #CivilDefence #EmergencyResponse #wildfire
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WeatherNext – [An] AI Model Achieves Breakthrough In Forecasting Cyclones
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https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/ <-- shared technical Google DeepMind blog post
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 <-- shared paper
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https://deepmind.google/science/weatherlab/ <-- shared data
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https://github.com/google-deepmind/weathernext <-- shared GitHub repository
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H/T @juliet Rothenberg | Product Director of Earth & Resilience AI at Google
[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation or their approach]
“[The Google WeatherNext AI team] are showing how the WeatherNext AI model from Google DeepMind and Google Research has achieved state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting a cyclone's track, intensity, and wind structure. On average, the WeatherNext Cyclones model gives forecasters an extra day’s worth of predictive accuracy- delivering an advance equivalent to roughly a decade of historical meteorological progress 🌀
Here is how WeatherNext is transforming cyclone forecasting:
• Gaining an Extra Day of Advanced Warning: WN 3-day forecasts are as good as what prior models were able to provide for 2-day forecasts, giving critical time for emergency response.
• Overcoming Traditional Trade-offs: WN bridges the gap between massive global atmospheric currents (which steer a cyclone's path) and fine-grained thermodynamic processes around its core (which drive its intensity) into a single AI model.
• Unprecedented Ensemble Scale: Using Functional Generative Networks (FGNs), WN now generates 1,000-member ensembles in less than a minute on a TPU to capture rare, consequential tail-risks like sudden rapid intensification – which means forecasters can see a broader range of possible scenarios.
• Real-World Impact: During the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the WN model helped the National Hurricane Center (NHC) make a historic forecast for Hurricane Melissa by predicting rapid intensification and landfall five days in advance.
[The] teams are open sourcing the operationalized models (WeatherNext Cyclones and WeatherNext 2), alongside a compact version (WeatherNext 2-mini) that can run on a single TPU in a free public Colab notebook – all with a goal of empowering local organizations worldwide.
Weather affects everyone. By combining advanced AI with the real-world expertise of human forecasters, we can build a collaborative ecosystem that saves lives and helps communities adapt to a changing climate…”
#Google #DeepMind #GoogleResearch #AI #ensembles #FunctionalGenerativeNetworks #WeatherNext #cyclone #operationalised #model #modeling #forecasting #spatialanalyis #spatiotemporal #track #intensity #windstructure #hurricane #weather #climate #metrology #cyclonetrack #risk #hazard #emergencyresponse #planning #tool #earlywarning #scale #magnitude #path #track #thermodynamic #scenarios #opensource #impacts #tropicalcyclones #WeatherNextCyclones #weathermodel #atmospheric #predictions #mitigation #warning #robust #publicsafety #infrastructure
@Google | @WeatherNext -
WeatherNext – [An] AI Model Achieves Breakthrough In Forecasting Cyclones
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https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/ <-- shared technical Google DeepMind blog post
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 <-- shared paper
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https://deepmind.google/science/weatherlab/ <-- shared data
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https://github.com/google-deepmind/weathernext <-- shared GitHub repository
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H/T @juliet Rothenberg | Product Director of Earth & Resilience AI at Google
[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation or their approach]
“[The Google WeatherNext AI team] are showing how the WeatherNext AI model from Google DeepMind and Google Research has achieved state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting a cyclone's track, intensity, and wind structure. On average, the WeatherNext Cyclones model gives forecasters an extra day’s worth of predictive accuracy- delivering an advance equivalent to roughly a decade of historical meteorological progress 🌀
Here is how WeatherNext is transforming cyclone forecasting:
• Gaining an Extra Day of Advanced Warning: WN 3-day forecasts are as good as what prior models were able to provide for 2-day forecasts, giving critical time for emergency response.
• Overcoming Traditional Trade-offs: WN bridges the gap between massive global atmospheric currents (which steer a cyclone's path) and fine-grained thermodynamic processes around its core (which drive its intensity) into a single AI model.
• Unprecedented Ensemble Scale: Using Functional Generative Networks (FGNs), WN now generates 1,000-member ensembles in less than a minute on a TPU to capture rare, consequential tail-risks like sudden rapid intensification – which means forecasters can see a broader range of possible scenarios.
• Real-World Impact: During the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the WN model helped the National Hurricane Center (NHC) make a historic forecast for Hurricane Melissa by predicting rapid intensification and landfall five days in advance.
[The] teams are open sourcing the operationalized models (WeatherNext Cyclones and WeatherNext 2), alongside a compact version (WeatherNext 2-mini) that can run on a single TPU in a free public Colab notebook – all with a goal of empowering local organizations worldwide.
Weather affects everyone. By combining advanced AI with the real-world expertise of human forecasters, we can build a collaborative ecosystem that saves lives and helps communities adapt to a changing climate…”
#Google #DeepMind #GoogleResearch #AI #ensembles #FunctionalGenerativeNetworks #WeatherNext #cyclone #operationalised #model #modeling #forecasting #spatialanalyis #spatiotemporal #track #intensity #windstructure #hurricane #weather #climate #metrology #cyclonetrack #risk #hazard #emergencyresponse #planning #tool #earlywarning #scale #magnitude #path #track #thermodynamic #scenarios #opensource #impacts #tropicalcyclones #WeatherNextCyclones #weathermodel #atmospheric #predictions #mitigation #warning #robust #publicsafety #infrastructure
@Google | @WeatherNext -
WeatherNext – [An] AI Model Achieves Breakthrough In Forecasting Cyclones
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https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/ <-- shared technical Google DeepMind blog post
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 <-- shared paper
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https://deepmind.google/science/weatherlab/ <-- shared data
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https://github.com/google-deepmind/weathernext <-- shared GitHub repository
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H/T @juliet Rothenberg | Product Director of Earth & Resilience AI at Google
[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation or their approach]
“[The Google WeatherNext AI team] are showing how the WeatherNext AI model from Google DeepMind and Google Research has achieved state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting a cyclone's track, intensity, and wind structure. On average, the WeatherNext Cyclones model gives forecasters an extra day’s worth of predictive accuracy- delivering an advance equivalent to roughly a decade of historical meteorological progress 🌀
Here is how WeatherNext is transforming cyclone forecasting:
• Gaining an Extra Day of Advanced Warning: WN 3-day forecasts are as good as what prior models were able to provide for 2-day forecasts, giving critical time for emergency response.
• Overcoming Traditional Trade-offs: WN bridges the gap between massive global atmospheric currents (which steer a cyclone's path) and fine-grained thermodynamic processes around its core (which drive its intensity) into a single AI model.
• Unprecedented Ensemble Scale: Using Functional Generative Networks (FGNs), WN now generates 1,000-member ensembles in less than a minute on a TPU to capture rare, consequential tail-risks like sudden rapid intensification – which means forecasters can see a broader range of possible scenarios.
• Real-World Impact: During the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the WN model helped the National Hurricane Center (NHC) make a historic forecast for Hurricane Melissa by predicting rapid intensification and landfall five days in advance.
[The] teams are open sourcing the operationalized models (WeatherNext Cyclones and WeatherNext 2), alongside a compact version (WeatherNext 2-mini) that can run on a single TPU in a free public Colab notebook – all with a goal of empowering local organizations worldwide.
Weather affects everyone. By combining advanced AI with the real-world expertise of human forecasters, we can build a collaborative ecosystem that saves lives and helps communities adapt to a changing climate…”
#Google #DeepMind #GoogleResearch #AI #ensembles #FunctionalGenerativeNetworks #WeatherNext #cyclone #operationalised #model #modeling #forecasting #spatialanalyis #spatiotemporal #track #intensity #windstructure #hurricane #weather #climate #metrology #cyclonetrack #risk #hazard #emergencyresponse #planning #tool #earlywarning #scale #magnitude #path #track #thermodynamic #scenarios #opensource #impacts #tropicalcyclones #WeatherNextCyclones #weathermodel #atmospheric #predictions #mitigation #warning #robust #publicsafety #infrastructure
@Google | @WeatherNext -
New Orleans is using AI to triage 911 calls in case of backlog
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/User:Louis/New_Orleans_AI_911_call_triage
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258378
#HackerNews #NewOrleans #AI #Triage #911calls #EmergencyResponse #TechInnovation