AI can predict disaster, but it can’t save you
AI can predict disaster, but it can’t save you
Global · Published Jul 7, 2026
In this photo provided by the Richmond Police Department, floodwaters cover an intersection in Richmond, Ky., on Saturday, June 27,
(Richmond Police Department via AP)

Ever-improving AI-driven forecasts can help some people stay safe by helping them understand when it’s time to buy extra food ahead of a major storm, stay off the roads, or evacuate. But millions, whether in an uninsured American mobile home park or a village in rural Madagascar or Nigeria, may receive the same warning but have no safe shelter to flee to and no financial means to protect their livelihood.

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