Kerala flood require immediate SOS

[Geomonjoshy]

@AriMar Kerala a South Indian state is facing adverse situation due to heavy rainfall. The rivers are overflowing and people near the banks are being evacuated to shelter camps . Roads are getting floaded and transportation is getting difficult I request Google map to do some support here by declaring SOS. I request Google to introduce a platform were people can temporarly change the status of roads and shelter cam

[Geomonjoshy]

@@Keral a South Indian state is facing adverse situation due to heavy rainfall. The rivers are overflowing and people near the banks are being evacuated to shelter camps . Roads are getting floaded and transportation is getting difficult I request Google map to do some support here by declaring SOS. I request Google to introduce a platform were people can temporarly change the status of roads and shelter camp

[Ant_Bad_Yogi]

@Geomonjoshy I’m sorry about the flood. Hope everyone is safe.

[TravellerG]

Hello dear LG @Geomonjoshy ,

Please see this…will this solve your problem?

1. Open Google Maps & Monitor through Google Maps,

2. Search the Road / place you want to check or report

3. Whatever data those are Already collected by Google will show up over there.

4. To report a NEW Road close, also, please use Google Maps.

Long press on a road in maps, drop a pin on the right location.
Report a problem on the road
Road is closed, then give appropriate reasons = Nature / Calamity / Flood

Kindly revert if time permits

I am also tagging 2 more Moderators

Dear @DeniGu & @StephenAbraham , please could you guide these SOS situation, better?

Thanks, in advance

[Geomonjoshy]

But when we report a road closure itis taken for a review and it takes time and sometime never gets updated

[StephenAbraham]

@Geomonjoshy The SOS for floods in Western India including Kerala in Google Maps has been activated. Please share this with your community. I will write a separate post shortly.

We as Local Guides and Maps users can help our local community by flagging affected roads and areas where we are located.

1. Go to Map, and zoom into any area in Western India. Screen shot below for Kerala, you should see a card for “Western India Floods”

2. Click on the card, and on this card, you can see the updates and news about latest updates. Here any Maps user can report road closures. Click on that feature “Report Road Closure”.

3. After you click on “Report Road Closures” you can zoom in into anywhere.

4. You can then zoom into each local town or area and click on each road that is closed due to floods. Selected roads will the highlighted in blue. Click next and put in the correct information. If this is to highlight flooding, do select the Local Event “Western India Floods” tag. That will get updated in Google Maps shortly

5. For everyone else using Google Maps to see updates, they will be able to see the areas where road are closed or possibly closed as highlighted by users as below. And each user can update each segment when situation changes by clicking on each alert symbol.

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6. For all flood updates from the Kerala state government, please refer to https://keralarescue.in/ for the updated list of help required, and shelter camps etc.

7. I am trying to compile any other lists of MyMaps that are being built to shelter relief and I will share them later as I find them out.

@TravellerG Thanks for tagging me

[TravellerG]

@StephenAbraham … Your help in time is much appreciated …

With warm regards

[Geomonjoshy]

Thanks for your reply it has been very helpful

[DeniGu]

Hi @Geomonjoshy ,

I hope this situation is resolved soon and with positive results! Keep yourself safe.

As @StephenAbraham already gave a complete answer to your question, I’m going to mark his reply as the solution. I’m also going to change the topic of this post to How-tos, as this is where Local Guides can ask questions related to the program and Google Maps.

Thank you for the tag, @TravellerG .