Saudi researchers say drones could warn of desert flash floods

Saudi researchers say drones could warn of desert flash floods
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (UPI) May 22, 2013 - Researchers in Saudi Arabia say they're working on a drone system that could track potentially deadly floods in real time to sound an alarm before they hit. Flash floods are a risk in the country; at least 13 people died when floods hit parts of Saudi Arabia earlier this month, and two years ago more than a hundred died when thunderstorms saturated land to the east of the Red Sea port o ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/Saudi_researchers_say_drones_could_warn_of_desert_flash_floods_999.html

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