Natural Disasters and Hazards (Earth Sciences)

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Forces of Nature Forces of Nature: Educational information about natural phenomena and different natural disasters. Includes information about the causes of disasters as well as lists of the worst recorded type of each disaster. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=C003603&url=C003603 Natural Disasters and Catastrophes Natural Disasters and Catastrophes: About the causes, consequences and costs (if appropriate) of natural disasters and catastrophes. Includes specific commentary, features and statistics on a variety of subjects (i.e. volcanic activity) and a regularly updated listing of world-wide natural (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.btinternet.com/~mike.ferris/ Disaster Research Center Disaster Research Center: Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.udel.edu/DRC/ Societal Aspects of Weather Societal Aspects of Weather: Organization which measures the impact of weather on people. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.ucar.edu/res_sci/societal-impacts.html Hot Topics: Disasters Hot Topics: Disasters: New Scientist news and articles on some of the most feared natural disasters: fires, quakes, megafloods, tsunamis, meteors, mass extinctions. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/disaster/disaster.jsp Eyewitness to Disaster: California Earthquakes Eyewitness to Disaster: California Earthquakes: Collection of eyewitness accounts, humor, and pictures of historic California earthquakes. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.notfrisco.com/calmem/earthquake/ Why the US Is Becoming More Vulnerable to Natural Disasters Why the US Is Becoming More Vulnerable to Natural Disasters: Despite increases in what we know about natural disasters and how to protect ourselves against them, population growth continues along the coasts, where loss of life and property from these disasters are greatest. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/articles/eisvink.html HazNet HazNet: Provides information on coastal natural hazards (such as hurricanes and shoreline erosion), hazard planning, and things that can be done to reduce personal and economic losses. From U.S. National Sea Grant College Program. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.haznet.org/ Storm Events Storm Events: Storm database with records of US storms and tornados by county. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms American Experience: Fatal Flood American Experience: Fatal Flood: Companion site to the PBS documentary about the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. Includes timeline, maps, profiles of people and events, teacher's guide, and info about the film. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.pbs.org/amex/flood/ Urban Survival Tools Urban Survival Tools: Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides survival kits and other survival products (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.urbansurvivaltools.com/ Largest Earthquakes in the United States Largest Earthquakes in the United States: Maps and statistics from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.fema.gov/hazards/earthquakes/eq_usa.shtm The WWW Virtual Library: Hazards and Risk The WWW Virtual Library: Hazards and Risk: Natural and man-made disasters, preparedness, impacts, and mitigation. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://life.csu.edu.au/hazards/topics.html A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems: Notes from this workshop on the effectiveness of heat related health watch systems. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.udel.edu/SynClim/noaa.htm National Climatic Data Center National Climatic Data Center: Severe weather records and natural disaster links. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/weather-events.html Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri: Photographic views of damage caused by cyclone of May 27, 1896. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9537/cyclone.html CBS News Disaster Links CBS News Disaster Links: Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml Geo Monitor Geo Monitor: Links to websites about volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and floods. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.geomonitor.net/ The Disaster Files The Disaster Files: Repository of summaries, statistics, links and articles about natural (and some man-made) disasters including earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, epidemics, air crashes, explosions and volcanic eruptions. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.eclectic-mall.com/disasterfiles/ Natural Disaster Management in India Natural Disaster Management in India: Government Department of Agriculture and Cooperation information resource, including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives. (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.ndmindia.nic.in/ ReliefWeb: Natural Disasters ReliefWeb: Natural Disasters: Archived information, from 1981 to the present, about major natural disasters, including floods, droughts, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and cyclones, focussing on international humanitarian relief efforts. From the UN Office for the Coordination of Hum (Natural Disasters and Hazards) http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND