#33: #33: AI Field Deployments — ICRC Saves $4M, Brazil's Household Disaster Agent, SANY–OCHA MoU

🌍 Active Disaster Monitoring (GDACS/OCHA)

• Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province):** Tropical Cyclone Upia threatening outer islands. PNG National Weather Service and GDACS monitoring. Limited early warning infrastructure for outer island communities.
• Lebanon:** CARE International reports 1 million people displaced in 15 days (as of March 17). Pace overwhelming shelter, food, and medical supply chains. No major digital response tools currently highlighted — gap between tech deployment speed and displacement speed remains critical.
• Brazil (Minas Gerais):** Floods and landslides in February 2026 killed dozens and displaced hundreds. INCT-SiM-AI launch directly motivated by this and the 2024 Porto Alegre floods.
• Impact Signals — Social impact at the scale of AI*