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Madagascar : Crowdsourcing Information about Cyclone Giovanna

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Disaster, Technology

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].