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January 09, 2014

System of phone alerts could warn of extreme weather in India
New Delhi (UPI) Jan 7, 2013
Computer scientists in India have created image-based mobile phone alerts for extreme weather they say could prevent casualties in cyclones. When Cyclone Phailin hit India in late 2013 it was the largest storm to batter the subcontinent in over a decade, affecting more than 12 million people in India and neighboring countries and requiring mass evacuations. The scale of the evacuations revealed an urgent need for an effective alert system that could forewarn the majority of the populatio ... read more

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