| A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems http://www.udel.edu/SynClim/noaa.htm Notes from this workshop on the effectiveness of heat related health watch systems. | |
| American Experience: Fatal Flood http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/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. | |
| CBS News Disaster Links http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data. | |
| CrisisWiki http://www.crisiswiki.org/ Volunteer driven resource that lists sites and information, such as charities, news, and relief efforts, relating to natural disasters. | |
| Degassing Lakes Manoun and Nyos http://mhalb.pagesperso-orange.fr/nyos/ History of the 1986 disaster at Lake Nyos and details of a plan to mitigate the effect of future disasters through degassing. Includes a webcam at Lake Nyos. | |
| Disaster Research Center http://www.udel.edu/DRC/ Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. | |
| Forces of Nature http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/ 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. | |
| Geologic Hazards http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/ US Geological Survey resources on hazards related to earthquakes, landslides, and geomagnetism. | |
| Global Risk Identification Program http://www.gripweb.org/ GRIP targets areas of the world where disaster is a major factor in reducing sustainable development. Its objectives are to improve the evidence base for disaster risks and improve risk management strategies. | |
| National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/weather-events.html Severe weather records and natural disaster links. | |
| Natural Disaster Management in India http://ndmindia.nic.in/ Government Department of Agriculture and Cooperation information resource, including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives. | |
| Natural Disasters Association http://www.n-d-a.org/ Provides information on different types of disasters, courses, education and a forum. | |
| Natural Hazards Databases at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/ Natural Hazards data and educational information including earthquake, tsunami, and stress data | |
| Savage Earth http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/ Web companion to the PBS show, produced by New York's WNET, on natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Includes detailed animations, QuickTime movies, survivors' stories, and links. | |
| Societal Aspects of Weather http://www.ucar.edu/res_sci/societal-impacts.html Organization which measures the impact of weather on people. | |
| The Natural Hazards Center http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/ Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Information on human adaptation to disaster. | |
| The Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at University of Geneva http://www.unige.ch/hazards/ Research and training programs on volcanic and seismic hazards and their mitigation, as well as disaster response. | |
| Urban Survival Tools http://www.urbansurvivaltools.com/ Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides survival kits and other survival products | |
| USGS -- Hazards Theme http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/ Public-education gateway to U.S. Geologic Survey information on hazards. | |
