Disaster and relief news every morning, on a map
Disasters in the morning news, placed on a map, in a short brief.
What it does
Every morning at 6:00: the world news read by xMap AI for floods, earthquakes, storms, wildfires and droughts that hurt people, each story placed on the map where it happens, the new stories only, in a short brief for the emergency response team.
In one sentence: Every day at 06:00, read 2 news feeds for news about a natural disaster or extreme weather that hurts people: a flood, earthquake, st, keep only new ones, write a report with xMap AI, then email the list to you and show them on a map.
Why it is useful
Response teams decide in the first hours whether to send help. A brief of every disaster in the morning news, on a map, starts that talk before the phone rings.
Who it is for
Non-profits, charities & humanitarian. NGOs, charities, aid agencies and community groups who need to reach people in need, find partners and report their impact. Every use case for non-profits & humanitarian
Best use cases
- A humanitarian response team
- A disaster relief charity
- A foundation that funds emergency aid
What each run gives you
- An email
- A map
The time it saves
Every day at 06:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 30 minutes each time; it runs about 30 times a month, so it saves about 15 hours a month (an estimate). It is easy: 6 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every morningTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- Disasters in the world newsxMap data · NewsStories from news feeds (RSS or Atom) or a website’s news page: title, link, when, the source and a short summary.
- Only new onesLogic · Only newLets through only the items this flow has not found before, so a daily flow sends only what is new.
- Write the response briefxMap AI · xMap LLMTell the AI what to do in plain words.
- Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
- Show them on a mapAction · Show on a mapShows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Enrich a list once: A CSV of addresses or companies back with phone, website, rating and an AI score.
- Bring in news stories: Read news feeds or a news page, keep what matters, put the places on a map.
- Score, rank and label with xMap LLM: A score and a reason for every result, in your words.
- Location intelligence: Using where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- Site selection: Choosing where to open a store, branch, clinic or facility.
- Lead scoring: Ranking prospects by how likely they are to buy.
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- Where to hold the next blood drives: Busy places far from a blood bank, scored as blood drive sites.