<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear HOT Community,</div><div><br></div><div>I am emailing to ask for your assistance mapping Izmir, Turkey. Yesterday, October 30th, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the region encompassing south/southeast Greece and western Turkey with the epicenter being the city of Izmir, home to about 4 million residents.</div><div><br></div><div>Initial reports are that human losses were minimal, which is good news. However, buildings have collapsed in the city of Izmir and our partners in Turkey,
Yer Çizenler, will be visiting the sites to collect data today (October 31st). So they could use your help mapping the priority areas on <a href="https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/9717">TM Project #9717</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cyclone Molave has also been wreaking havoc in the western pacific, causing heavy rains and a major landslide in Vietnam. The area is not very heavily populated, so our <a href="https://tasks.hotosm.org/projects/9716">Project #9716</a> was quickly mapped - although there is still some validation work to do. Cyclone Goni is targeting the Philippines today and current forecasts place it going directly over the capital of Manila tonight into tomorrow (November 1st), the greater metropolis being home to about 13 million residents. So stay tuned here, the Tasking manager, and/or our Slack (<a href="http://Slack.hotosm.org">Slack.hotosm.org</a> to sign up) for further information as these situations unfold.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for supporting the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team!</div><div>=Russ<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)">Russell Deffner</span></b></div><div><b><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Disaster Response Coordinator+</span><br></font></b></div><div><font size="1"><a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org" target="_blank">Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</a></font></div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><b><font size="1">OpenStreetMap: russdeffner | +8 UTC</font></b></span><div><br></div><div><font color="#888888"><div><b><font color="#cc0000">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team</font></b></div><div><b><font size="1" color="#666666">Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development</font></b></div><div><font size="1"><a href="http://hotosm.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">web</a> | <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team" target="_blank">wiki </a>| <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team#Contact_and_Media_Resources" target="_blank">contact </a>| <a href="http://donate.hotosm.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">donate</a></font></div></font></div></div></div></div></div>