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Disaster Services Archive

30 October, 2023

Hurricane Otis 2023 Response

Activation led by HOT's Open Mapping Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean following the landfall of Hurricane Otis in Mexico in October 2023.

TC Tropical Cyclone

and 5 other countries

7 October, 2023

Afghanistan Earthquake 2023

Activation led by HOT's Asia Pacific Hub following a series of earthquakes in Afghanistan in October 2023.

EQ Earthquake

and 10 other countries

10 September, 2023

Libya Floods 2023

This is an activation led by OSM Libya for the Libya Floods of 2023.

Fl Flood

and 4 other countries

9 September, 2023

Morocco Earthquake 2023

Activation led by HOT's West and Northern Africa Hub following the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that shook Morocco on September 8-9, 2023.

EQ Earthquake

and 6 other countries

12 June, 2023

Flooding in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, June 2023

Activation lead by LAC hub in collaboration with the Disastre Management Agency of Ecuador

Fl Flood

Ecuador

6 February, 2023

Turkey and Syria Earthquake Response February 2023 Response

This is in activation led by Yer Çizenler for the earthquake in Central Türkiye and northern Syria.

EQ Earthquake

Turkey, Syria

27 October, 2022

Bali Flash Flood 2022 Response

This is in activation by Asia Pacific Open Mapping Hub at the request of the Bali Disaster Management Agency to support a flash flood in Denpasar Bali, Indonesia.

Fl Flood

Indonesia

23 October, 2022

Hurricane Roslyn 2022 Size-up

Tropical Cyclone for ROSLYN-22 has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Mexico

22 October, 2022

Colombia Landslides October 2022 Response

Monitoring of Floods and Landslides in Cauca, Colombia.

Fl Flood

Colombia

19 October, 2022

Nigeria Floods 2022 Response

This is in activation by Unique Mappers Network in response to the floodings in Nigeria.

Fl Flood

Nigeria

15 October, 2022

Tropical Cyclone Julia 2022 Response

This is in activation by the OpenMappingHub-LATAM to support disaster response to the Floodings in Guatemala.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Guatemala

11 October, 2022

2022 Uganda Ebola Response

This is in activation by OSM Uganda supported by ESA Open Mapping Hub in response to the Ebola outbreak.

EP Epidemic

Uganda

28 September, 2022

Hurricane Ian 2022 Size Up

Tropical Cyclone Ian has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Cuba, United States

28 September, 2022

Tropical Cyclone Noru Size-up

Tropical Cyclone Noru (Karding) has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Vietnam, Laos, Philippines

21 September, 2022

Tropical Cyclone Fiona Response

This is in activation by the HOTOSM Global to support disaster response to Hurricane Fiona in the Caribe.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, United States

19 September, 2022

Typhoon Nanmadol Size-up

Typhoon Nanmadol has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Japan

30 August, 2022

Pakistan: Floods, Monsoon Season 2022 Response

This is in activation by the Asia Pacific Open Mapping Hub to support disaster response to the Floodings in Pakistan.

Fl Flood

Pakistan

5 August, 2022

N'Beika City Floods Mauritania Response

This is in activation by OSM Mauritania for the Floodings in N'Beika city, supported by the ESA and WNA Open Mapping Hubs.

Fl Flood

Mauritania

4 August, 2022

Eastern Region Uganda Floods Response

This is in activation by OSM Uganda for the Floodings in the eastern part of the country, supported by the ESA Open Mapping Hub.

Fl Flood

Uganda

9 July, 2022

East Timor Flood 2022 Response

This is in activation by Open Mapping Hub and POI to support World Vision in its response to the Floodings in the country.

Fl Flood

Timor-Leste

24 June, 2022

Afghanistan Earthquake 2022 Response

This is in activation led by Open Mapping Hub Asia-Pacific for the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

EQ Earthquake

Afghanistan, Pakistan

21 June, 2022

Bangladesh Flood Response 2022 Response

This is in activation by OSM Bangladesh for the Floodings around the country.

Fl Flood

and 9 other countries

19 May, 2022

Durban Floods: South Africa Response

This is an activation led by OSM SA and HOT to support in response to the Durban, SA.

Fl Flood

South Africa

11 May, 2022

Tropical Cyclone Asani 2022 Size-up

Tropical Cyclone Asani has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

India

14 April, 2022

Durban Floods: South Africa Size-up

Durban Floods: South Africa has been sized-up.

Fl Flood

South Africa

14 April, 2022

Tropical Storm Agaton 2022 (MEGI-22) Response

This is an activation to support OSM Philippines for the Tropical Storm Agaton.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Philippines

5 April, 2022

South Sudan Floods 2022 Disaster Response

This an activation to support OSM South Sudan for the Floodings in Unity State, South Sudan.

Fl Flood

South Sudan

15 March, 2022

TC GOMBE-22 Size-up

TC GOMBE-22 has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Mozambique

28 February, 2022

OSM Brazil's (Petrópolis) Response for Floods Q1 2022

Response to Q1 2022 Flooding in Brazil.

Fl Flood

Brazil

22 February, 2022

TC Emnati 2022 Size-up

TC Emnati 2022 has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Madagascar

21 February, 2022

Odette Typhon 2021 Conclusion

Tropical Cyclone Odette 2021 Response has concluded.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Philippines

10 February, 2022

Cyclones Ana & Batsirai 2022 Response

This in activation to support OSM Madagascar for the Cyclones Ana & Batsirai.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Madagascar, Zimbabwe

2 February, 2022

Tropical Cyclone ANA-22 Size-up

Tropical Cyclone ANA-22 has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Mozambique and 3 other countries

1 February, 2022

Bogoso Explosion Response

This in activation to support OSM Ghana for the Bogos Explosion.

OT Other

Ghana

16 January, 2022

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'pai Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami 2022 Size-up

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'pai Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami has been sized-up.

VO Volcanic Eruption

Tonga

5 January, 2022

Marshall Fire 2021 Size-up

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'pai Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami has been sized-up.

FR Fire

United States

17 December, 2021

Tropical Cyclone Odette Response

Tropical Cyclone Odette 2021 Response are activities that support the local OSM Philippines Community on the following campaign.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Philippines

6 December, 2021

Semeru Volcanic Eruption 2021 Response

The Semeru Volcanic Eruption is an activation of Perkumpulan OpenStreetMap Indonesia (POI) to map East Java.

VO Volcanic Eruption

Indonesia

24 October, 2021

Tropical Cyclone RICK-21 Size-up

Tropical Cyclone RICK-21 has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Mexico

12 October, 2021

Tropical Cyclone PAMELA-21 Size-up

Tropical Cyclone PAMELA-21 has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Mexico

11 October, 2021

Tropical Cyclone LIONROCK-21 & KOMPASU-21 Size Up

Tropical Cyclone LIONROCK-21 & KOMPASU-21 has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

China and 3 other countries

23 September, 2021

Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Eruption Size-up

Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Eruption in La Palma Island, Canary Islands has been sized-up

VO Volcanic Eruption

Spain

10 September, 2021

Tropical Cyclone Chanthu Size-up

Tropical Cyclone Chantu has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

China, Taiwan, Philippines

29 August, 2021

Tropical Cyclone IDA Size-up

Disaster Services is monitoring TC IDA as it is a GDACs Red alert but an activation is unlikely.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Cuba, United States

27 August, 2021

South/Central Asia Population Movement Size-up

As a dynamic event, we are still looking at what we can/should do to support the movement of people in and out of Afghanistan.

OT Other

Afghanistan and 3 other countries

23 August, 2021

Tropical Cyclone GRACE-21 Size-up

Monitoring the Tropical Cyclone as it crosses Mexico. Waiting for requests or needs from OSM-Mexico.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Mexico and 3 other countries

16 August, 2021

Haiti Earthquake 2021 Response

The Haiti Earthquake 2021 campaign is an ongoing HOT activation to map southeastern Haiti after it was struck by a 7.2 earthquake.

EQ Earthquake

Haiti

14 August, 2021

Mediterranean Wildfires 2021 Response

The Mediterranean Wildfires 2021 campaign is an ongoing HOT activation organized by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team in coordination with OSM communities to respond to wildfires across the region.

WF Wildfire

Algeria and 4 other countries

22 July, 2021

Western Europe Floods Size-up

Request not to activate by OSM Germany, but support is a possibility.

FL Flood

Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg

2 July, 2021

Tropical Cyclone Elsa Response

TC Elsa has started to impact the Caribbean. Currently it is difficult to know where it might have a significant impact that we may need to respond for.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic

1 July, 2021

Canchaque Landslides Size-up

Yesterday, while mapping the area around Piura, Peru an area directly adjacent suffered from a large landslide so we immediately began trying to pinpoint the area and create projects.

LS Landslide

Peru

24 June, 2021

Nyiragongo Eruption Size-up

The volcano Nyiragongo (a GDACS Orange alert score of 1.5) affected the surrounding area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The eruption prompted population movement and damaged the built environment.

VO Volcanic Eruption

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

23 June, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Kick-off

Mapping for equitable vaccine distribution in more than 20 countries. This activation is organized in coordination with CartONG, MapAction, IMMAP and ESRI.

EP Epidemic

South Sudan

16 June, 2021

Bi-Weekly Update June 16

The volcano Nyiragongo (a GDACS Orange alert score of 1.5) affected the surrounding area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The eruption prompted population movement and damaged the built environment.

VO Volcanic Eruption

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

14 May, 2021

Tauktae-21 & Yass-21

Tropical Cyclones Tauktae-21 (size-up) & Yass-21 (size-up) made landfall in India and Pakistan a couple of days apart. The AWG has been monitoring the situation for opportunities to assist.

TC Tropical Cyclone

India, Pakistan

9 April, 2021

Tropical Cyclone SEROJA

The Caribbean island of Saint Vincent has declared a red alert and issued an evacuation order for northern areas after seismologists warned that the La Soufrière volcano due to La Soufrière Volcano.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Indonesia, East Timor

23 January, 2021

Tropical Cyclone Eloise

Tropical cyclone Eloise made landfall in Zimbabwe on 23 January at about 20:00 hrs with wind speeds of 160 kilometres per hour (kph) (99 miles per hour).

TC Tropical Cyclone

Zimbabwe and 3 other countries

10 November, 2020

Tropical Cyclone Rolly/Goni Response

Hot supported MapBecks to map areas affected by Rolly and Ulysses

TC Tropical Cyclone

Philippines

9 November, 2020

Tropical Cyclone Ulysses/Vamco Size-up

Tropical Cyclone Ulysses/Vamco has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Philippines, Vietnam

30 October, 2020

Izmir Earthquake 2020 Size-up

"The quake has left severe damage to the structures and infrastructures in different areas of Bornova and Bayraklı regions of the city, pushing the residents to flee in panic into the streets." Source: Turkish Red Crescent

EQ Earthquake

Turkey

30 October, 2020

2020 Aegean Sea earthquake

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit western province of İzmir, Turkey on Friday October 30, 2:51 pm local time.

EQ Earthquake

Turkey, Greece

25 October, 2020

Tropical Cyclone Molave Size-up

Tropical Cyclone Molave has been sized-up.

TC Tropical Cyclone

Cambodia and 4 other countries

9 August, 2020

Beirut Port Explosion Response

Beirut Port Explosion has been activated

OT Other

Lebanon

22 May, 2020

Tropical Cyclone Amphan Size-up

"Tropical Cyclone Amphan has been sized-up."

TC Tropical Cyclone

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India

3 December, 2019

Tropical Cyclone Typhon Kammuri Response

2019 Typhon Kamurri Response & Preparedness Mapping is an activation that comprises the following projects:

TC Tropical Cyclone

Philippines

1 March, 2019

Venezuela Crisis 2019 Response

Ayuda Venezuela is an Activation of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to improve the basemap in areas already seeing an influx of refugees from the political turmoil in Venezuela.

OT Other

Colombia, Venezuela