Flash floods can strike without warning — this new technology could change that
中文摘要
新技术旨在为突发山洪提供预警，帮助人们提前做好准备。
English Summary
New technology aims to provide early warnings for sudden flash floods, helping people prepare before they strike without notice.
On the morning of June 9th, Laura Lin was working from her home in Lanesville, a rural southern Indiana town about 15 miles from the Kentucky border. She was on a Zoom call, unaware that the heavy rain outside was beginning to flood her yard. "I look over to where the barn is over there, and I see pieces of my wood floating, and I was like, 'What?' And I immediately was like, 'I have to go.' Close my laptop, and I get my kids up, and I'm like, 'Something's wrong,'" Lin recalls. Lin and her family got out safely and sheltered at a neighbor's house, but Lanesville got over 8 inches of rain within just a few hours that day, way over the thre … Read the full story at The Verge.