<p>A second-year Bachelor of Science in Geography student at the University of Malawi (Unima) has developed an app that detects weather anywhere in the world within five minutes.</p>
<p>Fortune Kamphinda who is based in Lilongwe designed the app to combine geography with modern technology. </p>
<p>The system gives instant data on rainfall, temperature, clouds, pressure, humidity, wind, and day-night conditions, all displayed through interactive maps, satellite imagery, and elevation models.</p>
<p>The app also features six key functions, including Get Weather, 5-Day Forecast, View Map, Dashboard, and Forecast Chart.</p>
<p>It also has room to detect unusually high rainfall that may cause flooding in Malawi and other countries, issuing automatic audio and text alerts in English and Chichewa.</p>
<p>Using data from NASA, Google Satellite, ESRI, OpenWeatherMap, and others, the tool can as well track global cyclones. <br />(Reported by Jarson Malowa)</p>
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