Pros & Cons of AI in Disaster Management
AI can significantly improve catastrophe management, but fully leveraging its benefits requires addressing its limitations. Acute natural disasters—caused by atmospheric, geophysical, hydrological, oceanographic, or biological factors—can severely impact human societies and ecosystems, often disproportionately affecting specific areas. Geoscience and disaster risk experts frequently label such events as natural disasters due to their uneven adverse effects on certain populations and regions.