Google Earth AI Expands Disaster Response and Environmental Monitoring Capabilities
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Summary
Google Earth AI is being expanded to provide critical disaster response capabilities, including flood forecasting covering over 2 billion people and wildfire crisis alerts. The technology helps organizations like World Vision deliver aid during emergencies and supports enterprises and cities with environmental monitoring and disaster response solutions.
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Our flood forecasting information — now covering more than two billion people — provides life-saving forecasts before the most significant river floods.
It's helped organizations like World Vision get drinking water and food to communities when they need it most.
And during the devastating 2025 California wildfires, we provided crisis alerts with information from local authorities to 15 million people.
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