

Can Artificial Intelligence Predict The Next Flash Flood?
Jul 18, 2025
31:09
48 hours before the historic and deadly flash flood in Central Texas, Penn State University published an article describing recent research on "Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI."
We speak to one of the scientists behind this cutting-edge research.
Professor Chaopeng Shen joins us to explain the extraordinary power, and fascinating limits, of A.I. - and how the technology is, and will change our ability to predict the future.
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