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/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. |
Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri «
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9537/cyclone.html | | Photographic views of damage caused by cyclone of may 27 , 1896. |
Disaster Research Center «
http://www.udel.edu/DRC/ | | Online publications , data , bibliographies , and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. |
FEMA: United States Earthquakes «
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/usquakes.shtm | | Maps and statistics from the federal emergency management agency. |
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. |
HazNet «
http://www.haznet.org/ | | 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. |
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://www.ndmindia.nic.in/ | | Government department of agriculture and cooperation information resource , including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives. |
ReliefWeb: Natural Disasters «
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND | | 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 |
Societal Aspects of Weather «
http://www.ucar.edu/res_sci/societal-impacts.html | | Organization which measures the impact of weather on people. |
Storm Events «
http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms | | Storm database with records of us storms and tornados by county. |
Urban Survival Tools «
http://www.urbansurvivaltools.com/ | | Natural disaster information , probability , statistics links and other information. also provides survival kits and other survival products |
Why the US Is Becoming More Vulnerable to Natural Disasters «
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/articles/eisvink.html | | 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. |
