Hurricane Irma Damage and Needs Assessment from IFRC Sources

Damage and needs assessment data for Hurricane Irma are aggregated in this XLSX dataset produced by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The collection synthesizes impact reports from multiple humanitarian sources across the Americas region.

Use Cases

• Evaluating 'Damages' to infrastructure to coordinate reconstruction efforts
• Identifying urgent 'needs assessment' categories for humanitarian relief
• Cross-verifying 'Damages' reports from different source organizations

Strengths

• Aggregates data from multiple humanitarian sources
• Curated by the IFRC
• CC-BY licensed for open use

Limitations

• Unknown record count and specific column schema
• Potential for reporting inconsistencies between different source organizations
• Lack of granular metadata for individual source records

Provenance

Source

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from several data sources

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated March 2026

Geography

Americas