Systems and methods for utilizing blockchain networks for natural disaster external reporting

1 . A natural disaster reporting system, comprising:

a natural disaster data processing system configured to:

receive information relating to a potential natural disaster from one or more computing devices associated with respective users of the natural disaster reporting system, wherein the information comprises one or more image files and/or one or more video files relating to the potential natural disaster;

utilize machine learning algorithms to automatically perform image and/or video filtering of the one or more image files and/or the one or more video files to extract at least a portion of the information that is particularly relevant to the potential natural disaster;

store the at least a portion of the information in a blockchain network; and

provide access to respective subsets of the information to a plurality of users based on respective roles of the users in the natural disaster reporting system, wherein the respective roles of the users are assigned during a registration process with the natural disaster reporting system.

2 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the roles of the users indicate the users as representatives of a government agency, representatives of an insurance company, representatives of a utility company, or property owners.

3 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the natural disaster data processing system is configured to provide the access to the respective subsets of the information to the plurality of users based at least in part on whether the information is marked as proprietary.

4 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the natural disaster data processing system is configured to enable the plurality of users to authenticate with the blockchain network using at least one credential.

5 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the natural disaster data processing system is configured to pre-process the received information prior to storing the received information in the blockchain network.

6 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the natural disaster data processing system is configured to process the received information for security by removing a portion of the received information, encrypting the portion of the received information, storing the portion of the received information in a communicatively coupled external database, or any combination thereof.

7 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the natural disaster data processing system is configured to correlate the received information with information stored in the blockchain network based on a location associated with the received information, a user associated with the received information, an insurance coverage associated with the received information, a property associated with the received information, a level of damage associated with the received information, a timestamp associated with the received information, or some combination thereof.

8 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the natural disaster data processing system is configured to provide actionable intelligence to at least one government agency managing the potential natural disaster.

9 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 1 , wherein the respective roles of the users are assigned to the users from a plurality of roles during the registration process with the natural disaster reporting system.

10 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of roles comprises a government agency role.

11 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of roles comprises a homeowner role.

12 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of roles comprises an insurance company role.

13 . The natural disaster reporting system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of roles comprises a utility company role.

14 . A method, comprising:

receiving, via a natural disaster data processing system, information relating to a potential natural disaster from one or more computing devices associated with respective users of the natural disaster data processing system, wherein the information comprises one or more image files and/or one or more video files relating to the potential natural disaster;

utilizing, via the natural disaster data processing system, machine learning algorithms to automatically perform image and/or video filtering of the one or more image files and/or the one or more video files to extract at least a portion of the information that is particularly relevant to the potential natural disaster;

storing, via the natural disaster data processing system, the at least a portion of the information in a blockchain network; and

providing, via the natural disaster data processing system, access to respective subsets of the information to a plurality of users based at least in part on respective roles of the users in the natural disaster data processing system, wherein the respective roles of the users are assigned during a registration process with the natural disaster data processing system.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the roles of the users indicate the users as representatives of a government agency, representatives of an insurance company, representatives of a utility company, or property owners.

16 . The method of claim 14 , comprising providing, via the natural disaster data processing system, the access to the respective subsets of the information to the plurality of users based at least in part on whether the information is marked as proprietary.

17 . The method of claim 14 , comprising enabling, via the natural disaster data processing system, the plurality of users to authenticate with the blockchain network using at least one credential.

18 . The method of claim 14 , comprising pre-processing, via the natural disaster data processing system, the received information prior to storing the received information in the blockchain network.

19 . The method of claim 14 , comprising processing, via the natural disaster data processing system, the received information for security by removing a portion of the received information, encrypting the portion of the received information, storing the portion of the received information in a communicatively coupled external database, or any combination thereof.

20 . The method of claim 14 , comprising correlating, via the natural disaster data processing system, the received information with information stored in the blockchain network based on a location associated with the received information, a user associated with the received information, an insurance coverage associated with the received information, a property associated with the received information, a level of damage associated with the received information, a timestamp associated with the received information, or some combination thereof.