Better weather forecasts with satellites

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Precise weather data and weather stations are often in short supply in countries where many people depend on agriculture to live. A US start-up wants to change that by providing them with private satellites.

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00:00In September 2024, Hurricane Helene swept across the southeastern U.S., leaving death

00:06and destruction, with wind speeds of up to 220 kilometers per hour and a racket amount

00:12of rain.

00:16In North Carolina alone, more than 100 people died.

00:21But Boston-based start-up Tomorrow.io is working on ways to help people around the world to

00:26be better prepared for extreme weather.

00:29Our goal here is to really democratize access to weather for every person on earth, regardless

00:35of their economic status, regardless of their location.

00:38So that first of all, weather forecasts that some people on earth take for granted will

00:42become applicable to everyone on earth.

00:44And then two, people can actually improve their livelihoods in the face of weather,

00:48in the face of climate, to either improve their yields, stay safe, keep their family

00:53fed, keep their families safe, and make sure they can actually thrive in this era.

00:58Billions of people currently do not have access to precise, up-to-date weather forecasts.

01:04The reason is a lack in data, especially in poorer countries.

01:08To change this, Tomorrow.io is relying on its own, more precise weather satellites.

01:14Eight of them are already in space.

01:19Our satellites are able to one, cover any point on earth, including oceans, remote regions,

01:24anywhere on earth, and then our data refresh rate is also much, much faster.

01:28So we're able to get more data in a faster amount of time.

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