Improving flood predictions in developing nations
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—When deadly floodwaters devastated Pakistan in early September, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Peter Webster and Research Associate Kristofer Shrestha weren't surprised. They had forecasted the disaster ten days in advance using a new hydrological model developed on campus. Webster has now sent that model to the World Bank, along with recommendations for saving Pakistani lives and infrastructure during future flooding disasters. His comments on how to assist developing and emerging countries prior to natural disasters are also included in the current edition of Nature.