Is there a technology that can detect when the next flood or typhoon is going to come?

Question

Maybe with a satelite or computer? What is it called? How does it work?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there is no EXACT science when trying to detect when a storm will occur or where exactly it will go. Weather services do use satellites, Doppler radar and computers to follow storms, and can extrapolate possible courses storms will follow, but can not exactly pinpoint its course. That's why they can only forecast chances of occurrence, like when the weatherman tells us there is a 70% chance of thunderstorms tomorrow, or there is a 40% chance of snowfall.
There are no exact science in weather forecasting, but they do try their best.
Point of fact, 2005 was a big hurricane year with 2 major storms hitting the US, Katrina and Rita, and 2006 was fore-casted to be as bad or worse for hurricanes than 2005 was. Needless to say, no major or minor storms hit the US in 2006. So until we can predict the future with 100% guaranteed accuracy, we'll not be able to forecast floods, typhoons, hurricanes, snowstorms or sunny days, with 100% guaranteed accuracy.

Answer 2

Science can predict many things but neither potential floods or typhoons with any degree of certainty. In Asia, if there is unusual heavy snow in the mountains but a slow warming trend in the spring, then there will be no flooding, but if the temperature increases too rapidly, there will be flooding.Similar to typhoons spawned in the wide Pacific, there with the heated waters and cooler winds (which can be measured) we can only predict the possibility of conditions that could created a typhoon. This is done by satellite observation and we can warn the people in the likely track of the storm...but winds, temperatures and such can change the direction of the massive storm system. At airports, weather stations report air pressure, wind direction and temperature as well as humidity, that information is linked to computers and with satellite imaging of clouds as well as infra-red reading of temperature provide a general idea of the future weather events...but none with great accuracy. With tornado conditions, a 'twister' can erupt virtually anywhere where the conditions are right and make it almost impossible for us to have much chance to warn people. Organized storms such as hurricanes or typhoons can be tracked and a projected course is easier to attempt to prevent loss of life but nature can defeat our best efforts yet.

Answer 3

Not that I'm aware of, not one specifically. Although i'm sure scientists are working on it.

Answer 4

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