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IBM, the technology giant has teamed up with the Tamil Nadu government for establishing a cloud-based intelligent operations command centre to help government agencies prepare for and respond to extreme weather events.
The centre will be located in Chennai and has been funded through an IBM grant of USD 2 million.
IBM has said in a statement that it is designed to help mitigate the devastating negative impact of natural disasters, including annual monsoon-related flooding.
It further said that the cloud based centre will 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 unit).
