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Big data analysis has become a useful tool in tackling complex problems that until recently might have been all but unsolvable. Coordinating disaster response, for example, is a multi-level effort that runs from the federal government all the way down to the local level.
When Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast in 2012, decisions on to how to mitigate the more than $68 billion in damages and nearly 300 lives lost were affected by the specific geography, infrastructure and populations with which various emergency response organizations worked.
Read the complete article at: Big data takes on disaster coordination