IBM has announced that it has teamed up with Tamil Nadu to establish an innovative, cloud-based intelligent operations command centre, which has been designed to help mitigate the devastating negative impact of natural disasters, including annual monsoon-related flooding.
In a release, IBM stated the new IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Emergency Management, which has been built using IBM Cloud and analytics technologies and services, would be located in Chennai and would help in better preparation for responding to disruptive and extreme weather events. The cloud-based Centre would enable Tamil Nadu to pool time-sensitive data from various sources, including weather forecasts, current conditions and historical data from The Weather Company, an IBM Business, to help track and gauge weather patterns as early as possible.
The Centre would not only collect information on power, traffic, health service, and shelter from municipal sources but also display the current data on a map shared by multiple government agencies.
“All processing and analysis will be conducted in IBM's cloud data center in Chennai,” the release stated.
IBM analytics would also help the city predict where storms are likely to strike and their potential effect on the infrastructure, including utilities, roads and canals, as well as personal and public property.
Analysing potential situations to help officials prepare for and deliver needed resources more quickly is also among the features of the Centre.
It is designed to
help mitigate the devastating impact of natural disasters, including floods
