The Harvard Data Science Initiative’s Industry Seminar, hosted by HDSI’s Jennifer Chow in January 2025, featured Andrew Schroeder, co-director of CrisisReady and VP of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief, to explore how novel data sources and artificial intelligence are ...| CrisisReady
Disaster Updates Updated as of Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PT Palisades Fire As of Wednesday, January 15, at 4:12 p.m. PT, the Palisades Fire has burned 23,713 acres since igniting last week. The fire perimeter has expanded ...| CrisisReady
Hurricane Milton’s Path of Destruction Hurricane Milton formed on October 5, 2024, and dissipated on October 13, leaving significant destruction along its path. Originating in the Caribbean Sea, the storm moved through the Bay of Campeche on Mexico’s Gulf Coast, ... The post Building Resilience: Key Takeaways from Hurricane Milton appeared first on CrisisReady.| CrisisReady
Overview Hurricane Helene struck the southeastern United States in late September 2024, leaving catastrophic destruction across Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and neighboring states. Making landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area as a powerful Category 4 storm, Helene caused extensive flooding, ... The post Hurricane Helene: Impact, Displacement, and Recovery Dynamics appeared first on CrisisReady.| CrisisReady
Overview Hurricane Milton, a powerful Category 3 storm, made landfall south of Tampa Bay, Florida, on October 9, 2024. Packing sustained winds of over 120 mph, the hurricane caused extensive damage to homes, infrastructure, and power grids across western Florida. ... The post Hurricane Milton: Impact, Response, and Insights appeared first on CrisisReady.| CrisisReady
California, 2024 This report has the population movement, vulnerability, infrastructure, and mobility matrix for the areas affected by the wildfire in California.| CrisisReady
Key Findings: Severe flooding in Nairobi, Kenya, peaked between May 1st and May 3rd, primarily on the city’s eastern edge. Based on population data from the Facebook platform, provided by Data for Good at Meta, and satellite image analysis from ...| CrisisReady
On January 25th, 2024 we discussed the challenges, and opportunities of data collaboration during disasters in Latin America.Leading the conversation were Stefaan Verhulst from the NYY GovLab, Celine Jacquin from Humanitarian Open Street Maps, Xavier Moya from UNDP, and Juan Flores from the Statistics & Geography Office from Guerrero State.| CrisisReady
The page contains situational awareness PDF reports and hosted layers generated for multiple disasters in the year 2021| CrisisReady
The global impacts of climate change are far reaching, manifesting as extreme heat, flash floods, sea level rise, and severe droughts. While experienced across the globe, these impacts have been especially prevalent in the already climate-stressed regions of South Asia ...| CrisisReady
Translation by Felipe González Casabianca La quinta Plataforma Regional para la Acción Anticipada – Foro Mitch +25 – tuvo lugar en San Pedro Sula, Honduras, entre el 31 de octubre y el 2 de noviembre. Organizado por el Centro de ...| CrisisReady
The fifth Regional Platform for Anticipatory Action – Mitch +25 Forum – took place in San Pedro Sula, Honduras between October 31st and November 2nd. Hosted by the Coordination Centre for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC), ...| CrisisReady
CrisisReady is based at Harvard University and Direct Relief, and collaborates with academic partners, technology companies and response agencies around the world to embed data-driven decision-making into local disaster planning. Through an international collaboration of researchers, technology companies, nonprofits and ...| CrisisReady