Artificial intelligence will help prevent disasters in Argentina. The National Weather Service is collaborating with academic institutions to develop more accurate analysis tools.

One of them seeks to warn of sudden floods in Buenos Aires and Córdoba. There are artificial intelligence algorithms, for example, that can be between 1,000 and 10,000 times more effective than current ones. “Extreme phenomena continue to be a challenge,” says researcher Juan Jose Ruiz of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Conicet)