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Environment
‘PDS’ warnings were created to draw attention to tornadoes, hurricanes and now wildfires
On Monday, January 13, 2025, a red flag warning of “particularly hazardous conditions” was posted on the National Weather Service website in Los Angeles due to the extremely high risk of wildfires in the area. Credit: AP Photo/Rachel Leathe The National Weather Service’s page for Los Angeles screams “Particularly Dangerous Situations (PDS)” in dark pink letters on a gray background.…
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Earth
Machine learning could improve extreme weather warnings
In June 2021, the U.S. Pacific Northwest and southwestern Canada experienced a significant heatwave, with temperatures reaching 43°C (109°F) in Portland, Oregon. New weather forecasting approaches based on machine learning can more accurately predict such phenomena and improve lead times. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by the European Space Agency. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Traditional weather forecasts…
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