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Using social media for disaster awareness

Most of the time during emergencies, conventional communication gadgets tend to become over-burdened and cellular networks stop working as many people attempt to use them to access information.

On the other hand, online social networking services and social media usually remains active and can be used to solve many problems during disasters.

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