ClimaCell, a weather software technology company,has recently announced the deployment of new global flood prediction models and global flooding hazard alerts.Their system is based on software which analyses variation in wireless signal from various equipment worldover.It claims to provide micro-weather forecast at global scale without use of traditional sensors like radar and weather stations. .

ClimaCells proprietary meteorological model leverages a network of 500 million virtual sensors to fuel a cutting-edge Hydro-Meteorological platform that accurately predicts when floods will strike, even if theyre flash floods. Solutions for flood prediction models are deployed in megacities and cover 500 million lives across Asia, South America, Africa, and Europe.

Using millions of new observation points from wireless and IoT networks, ClimaCells big weather data also provides resilience to emerging technology integrations and blue-chip customers from a cross-section of the global economy .

These forecasts and flood prediction models are available for consumption in the ClimaCell API or as a stream of location-specific alerts.

Floods are the deadliest natural disasters

Worldwide, floods are the deadliest of all weather-related natural disasters. They are also the most common and are increasingly widespread due to global warming. Beyond their lethality, floods and inundations can cause major traffic interruptions, from local delays to completely immobilized regions. They disrupt trade at all levels of the economy. Flash floods account for 85% of flooding events and are the most destructive and deadly.

Floods often strike by surprise, with deadly consequences. Thats because traditional flood forecasting relies on river level or rainwater accumulation observation, especially in the developing world. Additionally, limited meteorological and hydrological monitoring infrastructure exists to feed forecasting models due to decades of under investment in traditional sensors like radar and weather stations.

ClimaCell Flood Forecasting and flood prediction models available with various products:-

1. Global Urban Flooding Forecast (CGUFF)

• Sends alerts 24 hours before a possible flood event
• Uses by-the-minute precipitation forecasting for the most accurate results

2. Global Flooding Forecast (CGFF)

• Provides river discharge and flash flood alerts
• Uses a time/space basin scale for improved accuracy
• Provides superior data using a network of virtual sensors and improved short-term forecasting

3. ClimaCell Seasonal Extreme Weather Forecast  (CSEWF)

• Estimates future events through impactful data readings
• Predicts the future likelihood of changes in typical seasonal weather
• Allows for better water, energy, and agriculture resource management

4. ClimaCell Sub-Seasonal Extreme Weather Forecast  (CSSEWF)

• Aims to estimate the changes in the likelihood of a weather event happening within a given week to a month

About ClimaCell:
ClimaCell puts traditional weather forecasting on the spot with new microweather information. ClimaCell is proud to help the world outsmart weather and aims to keep people safer in a volatile climate. It can help people power better outcomes in the face of weather.

However,Emergency Manager magazine has not tested their products and services and do not endorses the claim of ClimaCell .It is a three year old US company founded in 2015 by a team of former military officers from the Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan .It is also not clear that how it analyse atmospheric factors and substitute weather radars and satellite system monitoring with software analysis only.