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Climate researchers in Indias financial capital hope real-time social media posts can help them boost the citys flood response

Climate researchers in Indias financial capital hope real-time social media posts can help them boost the citys flood response

The popular social media platform Twitter is reportedly being used to map monsoon floods in India's Mumbai. In this brand new initiative by the Climate Studies department of Indian Institute of Technology, keywords used in tweets by the local community will be used to map heavily-flooded areas.

Residents asked to tweet about floods in their neighbourhoods in order to make real-time geographically specific alerts.

When monsoon rains sweep into Mumbai each year, residents of India’s financial hub find their social media feeds awash with flood memes – from Venetian gondolas plying the city’s deluged streets to office workers commuting on inflatable dinghies.

Climate researchers in India’s financial capital hope real-time social media posts can help them boost the city's flood response.

Climate researchers in Indias financial capital hope real-time social media posts can help them boost the citys flood response

The BMC’s disaster management app aims to give location-specific flood warnings 6 to 72 hours in advance, but may find itself sidelined by Twitter.

The cyclones will likely act as a counter mechanism to global warming, which has been often pushing back the monsoon in the country during recent years