Weather forecasting is a tough business. There are many variables, and the margin for error is slim. And errors in prediction here can have dire, life-altering consequences. How can artificial intelligence help us gauge the weather better and thereby save lives? Perhaps, an AI model that can predict a flood 15 days before it strikes? Or, a model that uses AI to figure out in advance which properties are potentially at risk in a disaster?

Credits:

Narration: Harsha BhogleExecutive Producer: Gaurav VazProducer: Archana Nathan

Research, Interviews and Scripts: Prthvir SolankiNarrative overview: Charu Sharma & Shriram Parthasarathy

Executive leadership: Rohini Srivathsa & Somanna Palacanda

Title track, sound design & background score: Nikhil Rao and Abhijit Nath

All clips and voices used in this podcast are owned by the original creators We thank wholeheartedly all our guests who appeared on this episode

**Prof. Shafiqul Islam

Manmeet Singh

Anshu Sharma**

Sources:

• The Wire - News report about the FIR filed by farmers in Beed
• Business Standard - News report about the FIR filed by farmers in Beed
• Relief Web - Details about the Paradip Cyclone in 1999
• Hindustan Times - Details about the Paradip Cyclone in 1999
• New Indian Express - Damage and aftermath of Cyclone Amphan
• The Hindu - Death toll and aftermath of Cyclone Amphan
• OpenAI’s work on Dactyl
• Details on OpenAI’s Rubik’s Cube Solving AI arm
• History of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
• Details on the 2015 heatwave in India
• Scroll - Viral video of a woman cooking eggs on the floor of her home in Telangana
• NIE - Viral video of a man cooking eggs on the road in Odisha
• WMO - Climate Predictions