Cloud to Street
Model & Strategy
Cloud to Street is a flood-mapping and monitoring system designed to protect the most vulnerable communities from natural disasters. Cloud to Street’s industry-leading, high-resolution mapping of flood-prone areas is used by planners, insurers and disaster response agencies to better understand and price flood risk, insure vulnerable populations, prepare for floods, and respond to flood events in near real-time. By leveraging machine learning, satellite imagery, crowd-sourced data, and new data platforms like Google Earth Engine, their technology platform can dynamically map the 100-year floodplain for any community around the world within seconds
Cloud to Street is led by co-founders Bessie Schwarz, CEO, and Beth Tellman, Chief of Science, who met as Masters students at Yale University’s School of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, where Cloud to Street started as their thesis research. Beth previously worked as a scientist at the Nature Conservancy and on disaster relief and resilience in El Salvador on a Fulbright Scholarship, where she co-founded a local non-profit, Ceiba Foundation, focused on conservation and post-disaster reconstruction. Beth is currently completing her Ph.D. at Arizona State University studying human-flood interactions globally, with an emphasis on Latin American cities. Bessie previously worked as a community organizer and director at organizations including Green Corps, Environment America, and Environment Colorado, and serves as a research affiliate at The Data Pop Alliance.
Impact
So far, Cloud to Street has identified 5 million people at risk in 7 countries. Within 5 years, they plan to power catastrophe insurance for 10 million people and to provide risk data to the majority of the world’s 100 most vulnerable watersheds.
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Proud to provide @PamCongo with flood extent maps and impact assessments to support relief efforts as Congo suffers… https://t.co/8Zja9Ujp1D
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RT @EcoInternetDrGB: Pittsburgh received 50+ inches of precipitation for first time ever in consecutive years: Pittsburgh City Paper https:…
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#KhartoumSudan flooded in late August. Over 60 lives were lost country-wide. Watch us analyze—in real color, false… https://t.co/JFtrtjtY3g
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RT @pazjusticiavida: if you didn't catch @Cloud2Street talks at #AGU2019 never fear! Google posted the slides from my talk Tuesday if you w…
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RT @pazjusticiavida: One of many #AGU2019 highlights was meeting Gil Pontius author of classic “Death to Kappa” paper (link 👇🏻) and discuss…
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RT @pazjusticiavida: Colin showing how comparing satellite observations (left) compared to flood models (right) which are inaccurate and re…
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RT @pazjusticiavida: Colin Doyle- talking about how our data @Cloud2Street is used now in Moscone South 301 #agu2019 AGU Fall Meeting 201…
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RT @pazjusticiavida: Colin talking about what the “last mile” really means (it’s longer than a mile)! Make user design the first mile- not…
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RT @pazjusticiavida: Telling impact stories about how @Cloud2Street flood map analytics are used by governments and aid agencies to build…
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Insightful talk by @ppagniez frm @WTWrisk on how parametric flood insurance can help US cities avoid debt or biz interruption. @pewresearch
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RT @davidlallemant: Flood extent algorithm should be judged not only on accuracy, but also consistency: how do they perform at any given ti…
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#AGU19 Today at 2:40 pm in Moscone West – 2000, L2, our Chief Science Officer @pazjusticiavida proposes a new metri… https://t.co/HjjCV5JUP8
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The impact of flooding lasts long after floodwaters begin to recede. This map shows croplands in the #Aweil state o… https://t.co/YB5yAzOON6
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So cool to see what we do at Cloud to Street all sketched out! Thank you @Tommy_Reed and @TTIVanguard https://t.co/Fc48CW1C1X
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RT @TTIVanguard: @Bessieschwarz @Cloud2Street '@Cloud2Street is able to analyze locations of refugee camps and evaluate the flood risk. Hav…
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Staggering stories of worsening floods in India on yesterday's @nytimes front page. Cloud to Street believes that t… https://t.co/6IZqJxs6tw
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RT @echoinggreen: How can we avoid social justice burnout? Can data advance climate justice? How can we shake up the gatekeepers of ideas +…
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@ our training w/ hydrologists & govt reps in #Nairobi, we explored how better flood data can enable: -… https://t.co/XoEtG0FPrD