{"id":579602,"date":"2023-03-21T05:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T12:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&p=579602"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:07:58","slug":"nexttech-modeling-storm-impacts","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/nexttech-modeling-storm-impacts","title":{"rendered":"NextTech: Predicting Storm Impacts with Location Analytics, AI"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17662,471742,483792,177152,1441],"department":[476822],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-579602","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-3d","tag-climate-risk","tag-nexttech","tag-predictive-analytics","tag-resilience","department-data-and-ai"],"acf":{"short_description":"To prepare for extreme weather, executives turn to a system that delivers targeted forecasts and helps speed up resilience measures.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"In an era of unparalleled climate volatility<\/a>, CEOs need a new level of meteorologic awareness far more targeted than weather reports on the local news. With damages from extreme weather costing the US $165 billion in 2022 alone<\/a>, C-suite leaders know they can't be underinformed about the risks of natural hazards<\/a>."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"Article snapshot:<\/strong> A local forecast isn't as useful as a forecast tailored to specific buildings and assets. Resilience-minded executives are modeling storm impacts on their facilities with unprecedented precision.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"That's why many executives are turning to GIS technology\u2014an enterprise system employed by top companies in tech, banking, retail, and beyond\u2014to model storm impacts and understand how weather events could affect buildings, people, and operations.\r\n\r\nWith the predictive insight that GIS<\/a> provides\u2014also known as location intelligence\u2014executives can plan protective measures when time is of the essence.\r\n