`reliefweb_disasters`

Pack: reliefweb · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/reliefweb/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/reliefweb_disasters for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

The ReliefWeb disaster register — UN OCHA’s curated list of humanitarian emergencies, each with a GLIDE number, disaster type, affected countries, event date and whether it is ongoing, alert or past. AUTHORITATIVE for “which humanitarian emergencies are active right now” and for resolving a crisis to the identifier the rest of the humanitarian system uses. Filter by country, status or disaster type, or search the name. Requires a caller-supplied ReliefWeb appname in _apiKey.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free-text search over disaster name and description, e.g. “Horn of Africa”.
`country`	string	no	Country name or ISO3 code, e.g. “Afghanistan” or “AFG”.
`status`	string	no	Disaster status: “ongoing”, “alert” or “past”. Omit for all.
`disaster_type`	string	no	Disaster type, e.g. “Flood”, “Earthquake”, “Drought”.
`include_description`	boolean	no	Include the disaster description text (default false).
`limit`	number	no	Max disasters to return (default 10, max 100).
`offset`	number	no	Skip this many results, for paging (default 0).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "_apiKey": "your-reliefweb-appname",
  "status": "ongoing",
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/reliefweb/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"reliefweb_disasters","arguments":{"_apiKey":"your-reliefweb-appname","status":"ongoing","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('reliefweb_disasters', {
  "_apiKey": "your-reliefweb-appname",
  "status": "ongoing",
  "limit": 10
});

More examples

{
  "_apiKey": "your-reliefweb-appname",
  "country": "AFG",
  "disaster_type": "Earthquake"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reliefweb": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/reliefweb/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

reliefweb_disasters