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Disaster Response Classification

Disaster Response Classification API

- The API uses machine learning to categorise messages received during a crisis. Categorising messages + Here we use machine learning to categorise messages received during a crisis. Categorising messages into topics allows organisations to find relevant messages and prioritise accordingly.

Messages get sent directly to organisations, appear in posts on social media and get reported in the news. Filtering through masses of data in the midst of a crisis is not what we want disaster - response - organisations to be worrying about. + response organisations to be worrying about.

Training a machine learning model on 30,000 real messages received during events such as the 2010 - earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, floods in Pakistan in 2010 and super-storm Sandy in 2012, the API - helps - organisations focus on getting help to the right places. + earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, floods in Pakistan in 2010 and super-storm Sandy in 2012, the model + helps organisations focus on getting help to the right places.

- Try out the API here wth your own message. + Try it out here wth your own message.