Roosevelt Island resident Karine Wong provides information on assistance for those effected by Typhoon Yolanda which devastated the Philippines and is now headed towards Vietnam. According to Ms. Wong:
If you’re looking for someone missing in the Philippines, or if you have information about someone there, Google.org has launched the Typhoon Yolanda Person Finder.
(http://google.org/personfinder/2013-yolanda/ ) A Google crisis map has also been added to detail evacuation centers and areas designated for relief. ttp:// google.org/crisismap/a/gmail.com/TyphoonYolanda