MIT map offers real-time, crowd-sourced flood reporting during Hurricane Irma

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Sep 11, 2017, 3:30 pm98 pts
As Hurricane Irma bears down on the U.S., the MIT Urban Risk Lab has launched a free, open-source platform that will help residents and government officials track flooding in Broward County, Florida. The platform, RiskMap.us, is being piloted to enable both residents and emergency managers to obtain better…

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