Researchers from the Google DeepMind and Google Research teams have helped train the WeatherNext AI weather prediction model to offer improved cyclone warnings. The National Hurricane Center, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, the UK Met Office and other weather agencies around the world also contributed to the model's development. A study about WeatherNext was published in the journal Nature, and a more layperson version was also shared in a blog post from Google. In contrast, a storm's intensity is best predicted by specialized local models that can assess the thermodynamics processes at the cyclone's core. The company's research teams have also worked on using AI to help predict flash floods.