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The Weather Channel Creates A Frightening Demonstration Of Hurricane Florence Using Augmented Reality

On Friday morning, Hurricane Florence, formed in the Atlantic, arrived at the southeastern United States affecting the state of North Carolina. It has been demoted to category 1, yet the extreme weather still provoked terrible floods and strong storm surge in the region.

To illustrate how devastating the hurricane season can be, The Weather Channel has prepared a virtual reality view, which was presented last Thursday, 13th September.

A virtual scenario weather report was set up in which meteorologists Greg Postel and Ericka Navarro were surrounded by water to demonstrate what it would feel like to be in the midst of a storm. This was made possible by a partnership with an augmented reality company The Future Group which used the Unreal Engine – a popular game development platform (used in games such as Street Fighter V, Fortnite and A Way Out).

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On 14th September, category 1 hurricane Florence reached North Carolina provoking terrible floods

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The Weather Channel created an augmented reality demonstration which depicted a frightening worst case scenario forecast

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The grimmest forecasts claim that the hurricane could bring about floods reaching 3 meters in high

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Take a look at the demonstration in the video below:

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MammaG 6 years ago

An don't forget, that's not just "water." That's a raw sewage and dead things soup.

13points

Kathy Baylis 6 years ago

If people don't drown in a storm surge, they could be crushed, trapped, or hit by heavy debris (like the car in the graphic, even entire houses), floating and pushed by the current.

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Night Owl 6 years ago (edited)

The visualization was so cool and frightening.

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Light 6 years ago

And it will definitely drive its point to heed emergency system alert.

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Lilly 6 years ago

that was a spectacular use of graphics! all catastrophic weather reports should include something like this. Give that person/team a raise AND a promotion!

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MammaG 6 years ago

An don't forget, that's not just "water." That's a raw sewage and dead things soup.

13points

Kathy Baylis 6 years ago

If people don't drown in a storm surge, they could be crushed, trapped, or hit by heavy debris (like the car in the graphic, even entire houses), floating and pushed by the current.

4points

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Night Owl 6 years ago (edited)

The visualization was so cool and frightening.

6points

Light 6 years ago

And it will definitely drive its point to heed emergency system alert.

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Lilly 6 years ago

that was a spectacular use of graphics! all catastrophic weather reports should include something like this. Give that person/team a raise AND a promotion!

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