Flooding from a monsoon has terrorized the Philippines, and Google has set up a crisis response site with related resources. This includes a person finder, emergency contact information, maps showing shelters, donation centers and the flood extent, and news and updates related to the flooding.

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New Google Crisis Response site for the Philippines features Google Person Finder, emergency contact information, a map of shelter locations and more. 

View the site here:
http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/2012-08-philippines-flood.html 

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Though Google is often accused of being “evil,” by those who question certain business practices related to its search engine (mostly because of the company’s famous “do no evil” mantra), I don’t think many would disagree that this is a decidedly un-evil action from the company’s philanthropic arm, Google.org.

In fact, Google has offered similar resources for a number of natural disasters.