Research examines tweets during Hurricane María to analyze social media use during disasters
Phys.org - 2024-04-09T20:39:53.000Z

Social media can be a useful tool for communicating during extreme weather events. Omar Pérez Figueroa, an urban and regional planning professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, examined how Twitter (now X) was used when Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico in 2017.

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