We matchmade people within the same buildings so they could stay safely inside and share resources, Rana Hajirasouli, founder of the company, said
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The Indian military evacuated more than 2,000 residents stranded in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on Thursday as the death toll from flooding rose to 269 after the heaviest cloudburst in over a century.
Forecasts of more rain over the next 48 hours forced the army to work on a war footing to rescue survivors trapped in inundated parts of Chennai, India's fourth most populous city.
Chennai saw only slight rains on Thursday, but water levels had not receded since Wednesday morning, when a massive release of water from a brimming reservoir swamped low-lying areas of the city.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has blamed climate change for the deluge, travelled to Chennai to get a first-hand view of a rescue effort that has so far been halting.
"Chennai has become a small island. This is unprecedented," Home Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament.
Leaving for Chennai to take stock of the situation arising due to the devastating floods.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 3, 2015
A senior federal official said more than 1,000 people had been critically injured and were rushed to government hospitals by paramilitary forces.Stranded locals vacate their houses, move to safer places #ChennaiFloods pic.twitter.com/CyvdOzkMXq
- ANI (@ANI_news) December 3, 2015
In his message to the Governor of Tamil Nadu K.Rosaiah, the president said: "I am very sad to learn about the loss of human lives and serious damage to infrastructure in Chennai and several other parts of Tamil Nadu due to heavy rains."Spoke to Jayalalithaa ji on the flood situation in parts of Tamil Nadu. Assured all possible support & cooperation in this unfortunate hour.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 1, 2015
#ChennaiFloods: NDRF has rescued 2400 people so far, we have more than 100 boats there, says agency's chief OP Singh https://t.co/fuGmvBuvlo
- Times of India (@timesofindia) December 3, 2015
LIVE Chennai declared disaster zone, next 24 hours crucial https://t.co/QXyw8a30Z4 pic.twitter.com/GMc9cCOaig
- India Today (@IndiaToday) December 2, 2015
An aerial view of the condition in the city after #ChennaiRains https://t.co/il7BylFYfw pic.twitter.com/eaLRHMfsWZ
- NDTV (@ndtv) December 3, 2015
[Audio] #ChennaiFloods :Rescue operations on; Centre assures all help. https://t.co/bJAWXFLjsG
- All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) December 2, 2015
#ChennaiRains: Residents helpless, stranded as flood waters reach second floor in some areas https://t.co/il7BylomQW https://t.co/8lFPPK9EHl
- NDTV (@ndtv) December 3, 2015
<hrHere's a list of specific hashtags you can use during #ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/NxIpYgFbAj
- Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) December 2, 2015
Map roads for Chennai Flood response - https://t.co/6N3e4lajVu #ChennaiFloods pic.twitter.com/lYjmdW2cG9
- Mapbox (@Mapbox) December 2, 2015
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