Cyclone Giovanna was expected to make landfall on February 13th at 23h00 local time in Madagascar. Malagasy Bloggers have set up a citizen reporting platform [1] to crowd source information during the storm. If you have any relevant information regarding the cyclone, you can share those with mutliple channels: via SMS at a local number 0326705819, send an email to cyclonegiovanna@gmail.com, fill out this form [2] online or by posting on twitter with the hashtag #Giovanna [3].
Madagascar : Crowdsourcing Information about Cyclone Giovanna
· Written by Rakotomalala Translated by Lova Rakotomalala
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