Earth observation for disasters

From hazard to decision.

A plain-English companion to the NASA Disasters program: the questions you can actually ask satellites before, during, and after a disaster — each with the exact datasets, the method behind it, the honest caveats, and a runnable notebook. Organised, like the program, by the disaster lifecycle.

The Disasters Portal shows curated event maps; this is the literacy and method layer beneath them — and, increasingly, verified answers.

Prepare

Prepare

Anticipate risk and boost readiness
Respond

Respond

Support real-time decisions with timely insights
Recover

Recover

Assess impacts and rebuild stronger

More coming across the lifecycle — heatwave exposure, winter-storm impact, recovery tracking (nightlights returning, blue-tarp detection), and verified pre/post event answers. The methods behind these get interactive guides in Learn.