Ever since Monday night, Hurricane
Sandy has and is still creating problems in the New York and New Jersey area.
Flooding, Loss of electricity, and wrecked homes is just few examples of the countless
problems. In addition to those problems, the death toll has already passed 60
people. In response to the disaster, Google has released a new feature. The
feature allows users to receive up-to-date information about Hurricane Sandy.
The new Google feature also has the latest evacuation routes and shelters in
addition to public alerts. The feature uses Google maps to create a map of the
storm. The map displays locations with no power, areas with traffic, and
flooded areas. Google is trying to help victims, relatives and friends, and concerned
users stay updated.
That evening Hurricane Sandy hit
New Jersey and other areas of the Northeast, Google release its new feature. It
was created by the Google Crisis Response, a nonprofit sect that was founded
after Hurricane Katrina. The purpose of the Google Crisis Response is to
utilize Google products to help solve problem and to keep people updated on the
latest news in times of crisis. The new feature for Hurricane Sandy was initially
going to be released at a later date, however since the hurricane came, Google decided
to quickly finish the helpful feature and release it to the public. The feature
uses information gathered from the Red
Cross, Weather.gov, Storyful and the United States Naval Research Laboratory, the
National Hurricane Center, and other sources.
After
Hurricane Sandy crisis is gone, Google plans to introduce the full service of
the feature and add notifications from other services like Nixle, where local
police publish messages. Google will continue the ongoing mission of keeping
the public updated on the latest news. Google will revise and create more
helpful features for times of crisis.
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