Three days ahead of schedule, a new artificial intelligence tool from Google DeepMind identified the location of Hurricane Lee’s landfall in Canada in September.

Over the years, weather forecasts have significantly improved in accuracy.

However, scientists claim that AI is a game-changer due to its speed and capacity to analyze historical data to generate predictions.

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More importantly, an accurate weather forecast can alert us to extreme weather events like storms, floods, and heatwaves, giving communities vital time to prepare. It is helpful to know what to wear when you go outside in the morning.

On the other hand, conventional weather forecasts require enormous processing power.

They entail estimating hundreds of variables, such as air pressure,