Predicting Hurricane Intensity with AI
An artificial-intelligence tool is helping to crack the challenge of forecasting hurricane intensity.
Hurricane Melissa was expected to unleash as much as 75 centimetres of rain on some parts of Jamaica.
As Hurricane Melissa exploded into a category-5 storm over the weekend, scientists forecast its trajectory and growth with a powerful new tool — helping to inform warnings to Jamaica and other nations that the storm has devastated.
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Author's summary: AI predicts hurricane growth.