[Talk-in] Chennai floods

srinivas kodali iota.kodali at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 05:49:55 UTC 2015


>From what I know, It`s just NDRF and the Armed Forces. Goonj is trying to
send relief aid, but they can only do it post floods. Not many relief/aid
agencies on field.

Regards,
Srinivas Kodali
www.lostprogrammer.com
*"Not everyone who wanders is lost, I am probably a bit"*

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The latest news from Chennai is not looking too good:
> http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chennai-rains-crisis-may-worsen-as-more-heavy-showers-predicted/1/536708.html
>
> The city is already severely flooded due to non stop rains, with three
> more days of heavy rainfall predicted.
>
> Reports from the flood-map has been non stop and we can see the extent of
> flooding: http://osm-in.github.io/flood-map/chennai.html
> <http://osm-in.github.io/flood-map/chennai.html#11/13.0000/80.2000/-30>
>
> Desperate users are also reporting issues into our Mapbox map feedback
> system reporting families that are stranded in flooded buildings without
> electricity food and water.
>
> Is there anyone on the ground in Chennai involved in relief work or any
> leads on who could be contacted to know how we can help from the mapping
> side?
>
>
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