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How can technology lessen the damage caused by natural disasters

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Some solutions listed here. Hope it helps.

Several technologies are used for anticipating and assessing the negative impact of:

1. Landslides and earthquakes
2. Storms
3. Extreme temperatures  
4. Floods
5. Epidemics

• One of the key things is to enhance prediction of weather globally in order to reduce those impacts that it has on the population, allowing populations to be more resilient in the face of high impact weather
• Predictive solutions for earthquakes now make use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, technologies capable of processing and interpreting a large quantity of data.
• Forecasting models use complex algorithms that can assess the onset, duration and demise of an upcoming heat wave. One such model was developed in India, at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.
• Floods caused by natural causes, such as increased rainfall or storms, can also be predicted with sophisticated technological models. Artificial intelligence can help technologists better interpret a growing amount of data and create forecasting models that can automatically alert authorities. In September 2019 Google announced it had begun implementing a flood forecasting model in the Indian region of Patna.
• Several methods are currently used to forecast the spread of particular emerging epidemics. Forecasting models can identify hot spots of emerging diseases and predict trends regarding where the problem is most likely to expand.