Standards
Disaster Reporting Guidelines
How figures get on these pages — and how mistakes get off them.
One source, one voice
Every figure on a major-incident page is shown exactly as its source stated it, under that source's own name and update time. Figures from different sources are never added together, averaged, or silently picked between — when sources disagree, both counts stay visible.
Preliminary means preliminary
Early tolls move. Every incident page carries a disclaimer banner saying so, and every figure carries the time its source reported it — not the time you read it.
Automation never publishes
Software watches source pages for changes and drafts updates, including AI-assisted drafts — but nothing reaches the public without a human pressing approve. Satellite damage estimates are the sole exception: structured machine data, clearly labeled as estimates subject to revision.
Corrections
Wrong numbers get fixed, not hidden: corrected boards keep their history in the open, and unpublished material stays unpublished. Event listings carry a public report button — a repeatedly-reported listing returns to human review automatically.
Donations
Relief links always point outward to official funds and established portals. This site never collects or processes donation payments.