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Natural Disasters and Hazards: This section serves as a collection and reference point for those parts of earth science concerned with earthquakes - hurricanes - and other natural events causing damage and destruction. Resources include educational materials for dealing with natural disasters - links to other categories exploring more particular hazards - and research on disasters as such. Science Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards:
 Disaster Relief and Recovery: Recovery Earthquakes: Earthquakes Geologic Hazards: Hazards Landslides: Landslides Large Near Earth Object Impacts: Impacts Tsunami: Tsunami Volcanoes: Volcanoes Weather Phenomena: Phenomena English Society Future: Catastrophes English Society History By Topic: Disasters English Business Business Services Security: Emergency Management English Science Environment Energy Petroleum in the Environment: Oil Spills Natural Disaster Management in IndiaScience: Natural, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Government Department of Agriculture and Cooperation information resource Disaster Management in India including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives. American Experience: Fatal Flood - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: American, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Companion site to the PBS documentary about the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River Experience: Fatal Flood Natural Disasters and Hazards Includes timeline, maps, profiles of people and events, teacher's guide, and info about the film. Forces of Nature - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: Forces, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Educational information about natural phenomena and different natural disasters of Nature Natural Disasters and Hazards Includes information about the causes of disasters as well as lists of the worst recorded type of each disaster. Largest Earthquakes in the United StatesScience: Largest, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Maps and statistics from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Earthquakes in the United States . Storm EventsScience: Storm, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Storm database with records of US storms and tornados by county Events . Natural Disasters and CatastrophesScience: Natural, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards About the causes Disasters and Catastrophes 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 disasters effective January 1999. The Disaster Files - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: The Disaster, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Repository of summaries Files Natural Disasters and Hazards statistics, links and articles about natural ,and some man-made, disasters including earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, epidemics, air crashes, explosions and volcanic eruptions. Hot Topics: DisastersScience: Hot Topics, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards New Scientist news and articles on some of the most feared natural disasters: fires Disasters quakes, megafloods, tsunamis, meteors, mass extinctions. HazNetScience: HazNet, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Provides information on coastal natural hazards HazNet 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. National Climatic Data CenterScience: National, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Severe weather records and natural disaster links Climatic Data Center . Societal Aspects of WeatherScience: Societal, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Organization which measures the impact of weather on people Aspects of Weather . ReliefWeb: Natural DisastersScience: ReliefWeb, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Archived information Natural Disasters 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 Humanitarian Affairs ,OCHA,. Disaster Research CenterScience: Disaster, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Online publications Research Center data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: Cyclone, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Photographic views of damage caused by cyclone of May 27 of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri Natural Disasters and Hazards 1896. Geo MonitorScience: Geo Monitor, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards Links to websites about volcanos Geo Monitor earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and floods. Utah Avalanche Forecast Center - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: Utah, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Avalanche forcasting for Utah ski areas Avalanche Forecast Center Natural Disasters and Hazards . Colorado Avalanche Information CenterScience: Colorado, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Provides avalanche forecasts and warnings for Colorado Avalanche Information Center Includes accident reports and educational resources. Automatic monitoring of regional seismic events - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: Automatic, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Technical paper describing an approach to automatic monitoring of regional seismic events Natural Disasters and Hazards real-time monitoring of regional seismic events, based on the theory of pulse propagation in a randomly stratified medium with waveguides. Global Earthquake Response Center - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: Global, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Bulletins about major earthquakes Earthquake Response Center Natural Disasters and Hazards preparedness resources and merchandise and annotated seismic links. Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: Center, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Recent natural disaster information from the USGS for Integration of Natural Disaster Information Natural Disasters and Hazards Also contains links to general hazard resources. Asynchronous Learning NetwowrkScience: Asynchronous, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Educational portal with Earth Science courses including natural disasters and environmental geology Learning Netwowrk . Knapp AssociatesScience: Knapp, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Providing information for homeowners Associates insurance companies, lenders, and real estate agencies for handling the before and afters of a flood. Hydrological and Meteorological Monitoring Forecasting and Protection SystemScience: Hydrological, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Describes the flood protection project in Poland following the 1997 floods and Meteorological Monitoring Forecasting and Protection System . Séminaire Méditerraneen sur la Gestion des Risques Urbains - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience: Séminaire, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · L'urbanisation croissante accroît les risques auxquels sont soumises les populations qu'ils soient liés à des phénomènes naturels Méditerraneen sur la Gestion des Risques Urbains Natural Disasters and Hazards inondations, séismes, ou à des installations industrielles ou technologiques. 10 et 11 décembre 2003, Marseille, France. Pôle grenoblois détudes et de recherche pour la prévention des risques naturelsScience: Pôle, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Association de coordination d'études et de recherches pour la prévention des risques naturels en montagne : séismes grenoblois détudes et de recherche pour la prévention des risques naturels avalanches, mouvements de terrain, risques torrentiels, inondations. Présentation, programmes de recherche et activités. Natural Hazards Databases at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)Science: Natural, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Natural Hazards data and educational information including earthquake Hazards Databases at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) tsunami, and stress data. Savage EarthScience: Savage, Earth Sciences Natural Disasters and Hazards · Web companion to the PBS show Earth produced by New York's WNET, on natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Includes detailed animations, QuickTime movies, survivors' stories, and links. International Geosphere-Biosphere ProgrammeScience Earth Sciences - Programme is focused on acquiring basic scientific knowledge about the interactive processes of biology and chemistry of the earth as they relate to Global Change GeosphereBiosphere Programme . Geo-Glossary Online - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience Earth Sciences - Contains equivalent geological and geographical terms in four languages Online Natural Disasters and Hazards German, English, Norwegian and Dutch,. The Global Change Master Directory, Goddard Space Flight Center - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience Earth Sciences - A comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data Change Master Directory, Goddard Space Flight Center Natural Disasters and Hazards including broad coverage of the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global change. USGS Publications and Data - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience Earth Sciences - Products from the U Publications and Data Natural Disasters and Hazards S. Geological Survey. E-Theater - Natural Disasters and HazardsScience Earth Sciences - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Natural Disasters and Hazards Visualization Analysis Lab, E-Theater offers presentations of the latest Earth Science Discoveries on a portable large format, or IMAX screen. | |||||||||||
