Baidu allocates 30 million to flood fighting and disaster relief

CTOnews.com, August 3 news, recently, Typhoon "du Suri" wreaked havoc, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region caused by extreme rainfall floods, causing a significant impact on the production and life of the people.

Today, Baidu announced the allocation of 30 million funds to continue to support flood fighting and disaster relief in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other places. Baidu said that the donation, carried out by the Baidu Foundation, will be used for emergency needs in the affected areas. at the same time, Baidu will give full play to its technological advantages such as intelligent transportation and large models to support secondary disaster risk prevention, livelihood protection, post-disaster reconstruction and other work.

CTOnews.com noted that Baidu Maps had joined forces with local traffic police and government agencies to guide users to make a detour and avoid stagnant water and dangerous roads based on real-time information such as waterlogging on roads, adjustment of public transport outages, and temporary closure of public places. Baidu Maps also joined with the Emergency Management Department to launch the national early warning "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei rainstorm Rescue" special topic to open a green channel for rescue.