New research uses AI to unlock decades of hidden flood risk data

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Apr 29, 2026, 5:40 pm180 ptsTrendingTop
Engineers at the University of Houston have unlocked decades of hidden flood risk data, using artificial intelligence to transform paper flood maps into digital tools that reveal how flooding has evolved—and where future risks are rising. The team developed an AI-driven framework that extracts and…

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