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Study describes the use of AI for faster, more accurate, large-scale damage assessments

Aerial view of Texas beach properties damaged by Hurricane Ike in September 2008.Monitoring hurricane damage is essential to improving damage predictions in storm models and learning how to avoid or reduce future storm impacts.

NOAA-funded researchers published a study that describes the use of Artificial Intelligence for faster, more accurate, large-scale assessments of building damage from hurricane-related wind and flooding. Learn more: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-study-advances-detection-of-building-damage-after-hurricanes/