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Landslide-prone Nepal Tests AI-powered Warning System

Nepal is especially vulnerable due to unstable geology, shifting rainfall patterns and poorly planned development (Credit: AFP)

Every morning, Nepali primary school teacher Bina Tamang steps outside her home and checks the rain gauge, part of an early warning system in one of the world's most landslide-prone regions.

Tamang contributes to an AI-powered early warning system that uses rainfall and ground movement data, local observations and satellite imagery to predict landslides up to weeks in advance, according to its developers at the University of Melbourne.

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