However the on-ground rainfall and river flow data networks are inadequate to successfully customize these technologies for Pakistan.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

The researchers then studied satellite data on rainfall along the East Coast.

ECONOMIST: Saturday-night showers

There is a need for a targeted action to collect soils, rainfall and river flow data in the Pakistani catchments especially in the upper Indus above Tarbella and the Kabul River.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

This is being prepared with data from every rainfall station across the country, together with readings from the UK's 1300 river gauges, plus information about soil moisture.

BBC: Predicting the next big flood

The satellite images picked out the right type of afforested land, and topography, which, when combined with other data on soil types, rainfall, and temperature, produced a clear "Loa Loa map" of several African countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

BBC: Danger worms tracked from space

She then correlated the data from these visits with estimates of local rainfall made by examining the composition of rocks from nearby caves.

ECONOMIST: Climate change and civilisation

Data from the National Drought Mitigation Center shows rainfall in the southern Illinois city of Carbondale totaled 7.5 inches from the start of March to last week, down from 30.3 inches last year and 16.8 inches in a normal year.

WSJ: Midwest's Dry Spell Threatens to Intensify

These combine all kinds of data feeds, including information about the location of taxis and rainfall.

ECONOMIST: Urban research