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chennai rains
please do what you can! it sucks feeling helpless all the way across the world; especially when there are several family members suffering through the floods. it’s heartwarming to see everyone come together to help each other out, but we can always do more! after all, it’s namma chennai.
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update: it’s been declared that 197 people have been claimed by the floods.
if you’ve talked to friends and family in chennai and know that they’re safe; let everyone else [who may or may not] know that they’re safe too on FB: safety check
Update: the death toll in Tamil Nadu is now 269, in addition to the 54 in Andhra.
The area has now been declared a national disaster zone- with both the army and air-force being deployed for emergency response.
http://chennairains.org/ is a useful website for crowd sourced information on shelter and aid.
Hashtags to use if you are on Twitter and are located in India. Stay safe. Donate if you can. And pray for those who are desperately in need of it at this time.
