[HOT] Fwd: Floods in Chennai, India

[maning sambale]

Hi,


Floods over Chennai is now over two weeks. Almost the whole city is
affected (see reports below).
We created a flood reporting map:
http://osm-in.github.io/flood-map/chennai.html#11/13.0000/80.2000/-30
Flagging this event if we need to activate.  We are currently
coordinating with local community.
If you have other news please share.

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Sajjad Anwar <sajjadkm at gmail.com>
> Subject: Floods in Chennai, India
> Date: 2 December 2015 11:27:45 am IST
> To: hot at openstreetmap.org
> Cc: maning at mapbox.com, Arun Ganesh <arun at mapbox.com>
>
> Hey everyone -
>
> Writing to put this on our radar. There's been floods in Chennai,
> India - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34981246
>
> Indian Meteorological Department predicts rain for the next four days
> - http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tamil-nadu-heavy-rains-lash-chennai-to-continue-for-two-more-days/article7936729.ece
>
> Airport remain closed.
>
> Some of us in Bangalore are monitoring the situation and will keep you posted.
>
> Cheers,
> Sajjad



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maning
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