{"id":405610,"date":"2025-04-07T12:17:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=405610"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:51:30","slug":"israels-ai-model-predicts-lightning-induced-wildfires-with-high-accuracy-bringing-hopes-for-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/04\/07\/405610.html","title":{"rendered":"Israel&#8217;s AI model predicts lightning-induced wildfires with high accuracy bringing hopes for Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-aqfbo4 r-gtdqiz r-1gn8etr r-1g40b8q\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-633pao r-u8s1d r-dkhcqf r-axxi2z r-18jm5s1 r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-12kyg2d r-orgf3d r-vdtsbq r-eafdt9 r-1b8bd59 r-nx0j10\" role=\"status\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-18u37iz\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"r-6koalj r-eqz5dr r-1pi2tsx r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-16y2uox\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-6413gk r-uef6q5 r-dnmrzs r-16twer1 r-97e31f r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-16y2uox\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-16lk18l r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1wbh5a2 r-11niif6 r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-3pj75a\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-352901 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/wild-fire-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/wild-fire-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/wild-fire-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/wild-fire-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/wild-fire-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/wild-fire.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1adg3ll r-a8ghvy r-p1pxzi\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ramat Gan, Israel:<\/strong> Researchers from Israel\u2019s Bar-Ilan University have developed an AI model that predicts lightning-induced wildfires with over 90% accuracy, offering hope for Nepal, where forest fires surge during the dry April-May season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1adg3ll r-a8ghvy r-p1pxzi\" dir=\"ltr\">Using seven years of global satellite data, the team, collaborating with Ariel and Tel Aviv Universities, analyzed vegetation, weather, and terrain to forecast wildfire risks. Tested with 2021 data, it outperformed older methods, making it a potential tool for Nepal, where lightning-sparked fires in remote areas are tough to manage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1adg3ll r-a8ghvy r-p1pxzi\" dir=\"ltr\">As climate change fuels extreme weather, Nepal\u2019s forests, wildlife, and communities face growing threats. Though not yet real-time, this AI could enable quicker responses, cutting damage in the dry season. Published in a science journal, the research highlights machine learning\u2019s role in tackling global wildfire risks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramat Gan, Israel: Researchers from Israel\u2019s Bar-Ilan University have developed an AI model that predicts lightning-induced wildfires with over 90% accuracy, offering hope for Nepal, where forest fires surge during the dry April-May season. Using seven years of global satellite data, the team, collaborating with Ariel and Tel Aviv Universities, analyzed vegetation, weather, and terrain &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":352901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,6,24,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[26],"class_list":["post-405610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-english","category-en-featured","category-international","category-en-news","category-top-stories","reporter-kaushal-ghimire"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405611,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405610\/revisions\/405611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405610"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=405610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}