Could your smartphone save your life? If an earthquake is occurring, it just might. A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in ...
An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving people 15 to 60 seconds’ notice Lily Berry was at home alone when her phone ...
(Image credit: Ministry of Interior / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images) Google has harnessed motion sensors on more than 2 billion smartphones to create an earthquake early-warning system that's as ...
A flood warning system that was deemed too costly by the Texas county where last week’s rains killed at least 27 kiddie campers might have given the victims more of a fighting chance, experts told The ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Raleigh used its Flood Early Warning System to predict flooding during storms. Wake County added real-time water monitoring at nine ...
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 ...