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Chennai Residents Unite Around #ChennaiRainsHelp Tweets to Provide Assistance with Flood Rescue and Relief Efforts

2nd December, 2015: Heavy rainfall for more than half a month in Chennai has flooded the city, resulting in the disruption of regular life. Chennai citizens have turned to Twitter in this situation of crisis to report and share helpline numbers, crisis relief efforts and safety tips. Popular hashtags that Chennai residents are using for …

FACT SHEET: Uttarakhand rescue and relief operations

• The Cabinet Secretary chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee this evening to review the relief and rescue measures in Uttarakhand. • Bad weather hampered the rescue efforts particularly those of air evacuation. However, rescue measures of evacuating stranded people on tracks and through roads continued. • The cremation procedure for bodies …

FACT SHEET: Uttarakhand rescue and relief operations

• Despite bad weather which partially affected the air evacuation operations, the Army, ITBP, NDRF and BRO continued to press ahead with the relief and rescue activities. Army:  • The Army evacuated 1375 persons today of which 368 were from Harsil and rest from Badrinath. • Tracks have been created from Harsil to Uttar Kashi …