Kerala floods: Google launches 'Person Finder' application
Cochin, Aug 17: Search engine giant Google has launched its 'Person Finder' application in India to help offer information on missing people in flood-affected Kerala. Google Person Finder helps people reconnect with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of natural and humanitarian disasters.
All data entered into Google Person Finder is available to the public and searchable and accessible by anyone. Google does not review or verify the accuracy of the data. The standard Google Terms of Service apply to all users of Google Person Finder.
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Google's Person Finder can be used by anyone from a PC or mobile phone.
1.
Enter
the
URL
(http://g.co/pf)
on
Google
Person
Finder
homepage
and
choose
the
disaster
name.
2.
If
you
have
information
on
someone
who
is
reported
as
missing,
then
click
[I
have
information
about
someone]
link
.
3.
Now
to
search
the
relevant
person
enter
his/her
name
ans
then
click
'search
the
person'.
4.
Finally,
you
can
check
the
safety
information
of
the
person.
Kerala floods: IMD issues red alert in all 13 districts except Kasaragod today
The incessant rains and floods continued to wreak havoc in Kerala with the death toll due to the worst flooding in nearly a century crossing 100. Many are feared missing.
Pathanamthitta district in central Kerala continued to be the worst affected in the last 24 hours as thousands of people are trapped in their homes in the towns of Ranni, Aranmula and Kozhencherry.
Cochin International Airport
Submerged area near Cochin International Airport after monsoon rainfall, in Kochi on Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018. The Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery reportedly suspended operations till Saturday due to rains and floods. (PTI Photo)
Rescue operations
People being rescued from a flood-affected region following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Kochi on Thursday, Aug 16, 2018. (PTI Photo)
Submerged roads
A person stands near submerged trucks on a waterlogged street at a flood-affected region following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Kochi on Thursday, Aug 16, 2018. (PTI Photo)
Heavy rainfall in Kochi
People being rescued from a flood-affected region following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Kochi on Thursday, Aug 16, 2018. PTI photo