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Transforming Disaster Management: The Promise and Challenges of AI in Wildfire Damage Assessment

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The aftermath of a major wildfire presents a grim landscape: communities devastated, homes reduced to ash, and recovery teams racing against time to assess the extent of the damage. a preliminary damage assessment supports a request for federal assistance through a Stafford Act Presidential Disaster Declaration.

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Disaster Damage Prediction Using AI and Aerial Imagery

Disaster Zone Podcast

With the advent of climate change impacts now becoming very evident via the size and frequency of disasters, it is the insurance industry that is taking notice. They cannot depend on what losses have been for decades to project into the future about what their losses might be for the properties they insure.

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Canada's costliest catastrophe is flooding. Is your business prepared?

CCEM Strategies

Floods are the costliest natural disaster in Canada in terms of property damage. 1 Of the top 10 most expensive natural disasters in terms of insurance payouts in Canada, floods are responsible for four. The Insurance Bureau of Canada states that the insured damage of this event was $675 million.

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Staying Prepared for an Approaching Storm

Disaster Recovery

Purchase insurance for your property, including coverage that protects against flood damage. Damage Assessment. Damaged roofs. Don’t use toilets until an experienced plumber has cleared sewages and water lines of all damage. Repair damaged sewages as soon as possible to avert health hazards.