#emergency-response — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/394409/ When the rivers came for Kruger #CommunityRebuilding #EmergencyResponse #FloodEvacuation #January2024Floods #KrugerNationalPark #SouthAfrica

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
https://www.europesays.com/germany/77888/

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
https://www.europesays.com/europe/122298/

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
https://www.europesays.com/europe/122286/

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

Powerful 5.9-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Tokyo, Injures Five and Disrupts Transport

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Japan early Sunday, shaking Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, injuring at least five…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Tokyo #asia #BreakingNews #earthquake #emergencyresponse #Ibaraki #JapanMeteorologicalAgency #naturaldisaster #PacificRingofFire #poweroutage #raildisruption #seismicactivity #tokyoearthquake
https://www.europesays.com/japan/78788/

EU Assistance Ignites Global Solidarity in Serbia’s Wildfire Battle https://www.byteseu.com/2299100/ #CivilProtectionMechanism #DeliblatskaPescara #EmergencyResponse #eu #Firefighters #Helicopter #NatureReserve #RegionalAid #Serbia #wildfire

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
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 <-- shared paper
--
https://deepmind.google/science/weatherlab/ <-- shared data
--
https://github.com/google-deepmind/weathernext <-- shared GitHub repository
--
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
--
https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/ <-- shared technical Google DeepMind blog post
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 <-- shared paper
--
https://deepmind.google/science/weatherlab/ <-- shared data
--
https://github.com/google-deepmind/weathernext <-- shared GitHub repository
--
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
--
https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/ <-- shared technical Google DeepMind blog post
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 <-- shared paper
--
https://deepmind.google/science/weatherlab/ <-- shared data
--
https://github.com/google-deepmind/weathernext <-- shared GitHub repository
--
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
--
https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/ <-- shared technical Google DeepMind blog post
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10953-2 <-- shared paper
--
https://deepmind.google/science/weatherlab/ <-- shared data
--
https://github.com/google-deepmind/weathernext <-- shared GitHub repository
--
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

https://www.europesays.com/be/33363/ Bangkok Post – Rain brings respite as Belgium wrestles massive wildfire #Belgium #BelgiumWildfire #ClimateChangeImpact #EmergencyResponse #EnvironmentalNews #EuropeanHeatwave #ForestFire #HighFens #WildfireContainment

https://www.europesays.com/be/33250/ EU mobilises support as wildfires spread across Europe #Belgium #CivilDefence #EmergencyResponse #wildfire

Grizzly bear escapes habitat at Calgary Zoo

The Calgary Zoo activated emergency response protocols after a grizzly bear managed to escape from its habitat on…
#Canada #Calgary #CalgaryPoliceService #Calgaryzoo #emergencyresponse #grizzlybear
https://www.europesays.com/canada/171547/

EU mobilises support as wildfires spread across Europe

The EU has deployed assistance to Belgium and Spain following their activation of the EU civil protection mechanism…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #civildefence #emergencyresponse #wildfire
https://www.europesays.com/spain/71675/

EU mobilises support as wildfires spread across Europe

The EU has deployed assistance to Belgium and Spain following their activation of the EU civil protection mechanism…
#Europe #EU #civildefence #emergencyresponse #European #wildfire
https://www.europesays.com/europe/117607/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1153530/ EU mobilises support as wildfires spread across Europe #CivilDefence #EmergencyResponse #EU #Europe #European #wildfire

https://www.europesays.com/videos/78300/ Indonesia earthquake leaves thousands homeless as rescue efforts continue • FRANCE 24 English #77MagnitudeEarthquake #DamagedBuildings #DisasterRelief #DisplacedPeople #earthquake #EarthquakeDamage #EarthquakeVictims #EmergencyResponse #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #HOSPITALS #HumanitarianCrisis #indonesia #IndonesiaEarthquake #IndonesiaNews #injured #NaturalDisaster #RescueEfforts

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

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

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

Alaska Beacon: Cruise ship helps stranded skiff and crew in Southeast Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by. “A small cruise ship operating in Southeast Alaska made an unexpected detour on Monday night to help a 21-foot skiff that ran out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau. Michael Love, a software developer from New York City, was a passenger aboard the cruise ship and described the event on […]

Futurism: Better Hope You Don’t Need an Ambulance in New Orleans, Because the City’s 911 Operators Are Now AI. “If you thought AI customer service bots were bad, just wait until you need to convince a large language model that yes, you have been involved in a car accident, actually. According to new reporting by the Shreveport Times, officials at the Orleans Parish Communication District […]

New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2026/07/28/is-new-orleans-using-ai-to-answer-911-calls-instead-of-human-dispatchers-impacts-emergencies-crime/91065014007/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204546

#HackerNews #AI #911 #NewOrleans #EmergencyResponse #Technology #Dispatch

How do you stay in touch during emergencies? An article (in Dutch) about a pilot project in the Nieuwmarkt neighborhood in Amsterdam (a collaboration between @waag and @gemeenteamsterdam and local residents) called NodeNet, to test an emergency communication network based on mesh technology (meshcore).

https://tweakers.net/reviews/14378/zo-bouwen-amsterdammers-met-lora-technologie-een-eigen-noodinternet.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

https://waag.org/en/project/nodenet/

#meshcore @waag @gemeenteamsterdam #fablab #EmergencyResponse #tweakers

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BBC: China’s new challenge as natural disasters strike – fake AI videos. “Powerful storms and flooding incidents over the last few months have seen fake videos inundating social media platforms – these include images of dead bodies floating in floodwaters, the false depiction of severe flooding in areas actually not affected and others with blatantly fake details of emergency response […]

7.1 Earthquake in Japan

https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/quake_detail.html?eventID=20260728163528&lang=en

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080664

#HackerNews #Japan #Earthquake #NaturalDisaster #Seismology #EmergencyResponse #EarthquakeSafety

AIIMS Patna Launches Three-Day Mass Casualty Training to Bolster Disaster Readiness.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_aiims_patna_disaster_readiness

#AIIMS #AIIMSPatna #MassCasualtyTraining #DisasterPreparedness #HealthcareReadiness #BiharHealthcare #MedicalEducation #EmergencyResponse #PublicHealth #News

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French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260726-french-firefighters-face-pyrocumulonimbus-for-first-time

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060495

#HackerNews #FrenchFirefighters #Pyrocumulonimbus #Wildfires #ClimateChange #EmergencyResponse

#emergency #EmergencyResponse #AmericanResiliency #EmilySchoerning #resilience #TimesOfChange

Toolkit for organizators
scroll down Resources page to:
"Small Community Emergency Response Plan Toolkit"

https://www.americanresiliency.org/resources

#emergency #EmergencyResponse #AmericanResiliency #EmilySchoerning #resilience #TimesOfChange

#Community Emergency Response Plan toolkit

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n0LYGZKhsXs

#climate #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis