Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods
Climate researchers in India's financial capital hope real-time social media posts can help them boost the city's flood response
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Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods
Climate researchers in India's financial capital hope real-time social media posts can help them boost the city's flood response
Source: trust.org
Twitter helps map Mumbai floods
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.
Source: thedailystar.net
IIT project in India's Mumbai uses Twitter to issue flood alerts | Floods News
Residents asked to tweet about floods in their neighbourhoods in order to make real-time geographically specific alerts.
Source: aljazeera.com
Real-time information crucial - Global Times
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.
Source: globaltimes.cn