New tool hailed as a game changer for predicting floods, informing water-related decisions
NOAA and its partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for the biggest improvement in flood forecasting the country has ever seen.
![Flooding in South Carolina in 2015. Please remember: Never try to drive through floodwaters. Turn around, don't drown. (Image credit: istock) Flooding in South Carolina in 2015. Please remember: Never try to drive through floodwaters. Turn around, don't drown.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20%20Cars%20in%20South%20Carolina%20Flooding%20-%2081516-%20%20%20iStock_85230693%20-%203360x1335%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=vujIWtH8)
Flooding in South Carolina in 2015. Please remember: Never try to drive through floodwaters. Turn around, don't drown. (Image credit: istock)