Social media can be a lifeline during natural disasters. It has become an essential tool for people to find accurate information—about highway closures, weather forecasts, evacuations—and to contact loved ones and emergency workers. When 911 dispatchers went down during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, people trapped by the rising waters used Twitter, Facebook, and even NextDoor …
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