- AlertNet
Combines breaking stories from the Reuters news agency with communications services for relief organizations.
www.alertnet.org
- Emergency Net News Service
News of and related links to disasters and major emergency events, including infectious diseases, terrorism, and military actions.
www.emergency.com
- DisasterRelief.org
Exchange information on natural and manmade disasters, worldwide.
www.disasterrelief.org
- Disaster Center
Provides news and resources about a variety of catastrophes and response agencies.
www.disastercenter.com
- Disaster News Network
News and information about U.S. disaster response and volunteer opportunities.
www.disasternews.net
- CBS News Disaster Links
Collection of web sites addressing natural and man-made disasters.
www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml
- FEMA For Kids
Filled with games, student artwork, activities and cutting-edge graphics that deliver a serious message of disaster preparedness and mitigation for youngsters preschool through eighth grade.
www.fema.gov/kids
- Sprol
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Planetary sightseeing blog. Visit some of the worst places in the world via satellite imagery.
www.sprol.com
- Bhopal Chemical Leak@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
- Natural Disaster Reference Database
Bibliographic database on research, programs, and results which relate to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation.
ndrd.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Natural Hazards Center - University of Colorado, Boulder
Clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters.
www.Colorado.EDU/hazards
- Natural Hazards.org
Provides information on all types of atmospheric and geologic hazards and links to hazard warning sources.
www.naturalhazards.org
- Dust Bowl@
dir.yahoo.com/.../1930s/Dust_Bowl
- Severe Weather Awareness
Covers tornadoes, flash floods, lightning, blizzards, and hurricanes. From the National Weather Service.
www.nws.noaa.gov/om/severeweather/index.shtml
- 2003 Northeast Blackout (10)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Disasters/2003_Northeast_Blackout
- International Charter Space and Major Disasters - Charte internationale Espace et catastrophes majeures
Aims to provide a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters.
www.disasterscharter.org
- PBS: Savage Earth
PBS series dealing with earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other disasters.
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth
- Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters 1980-1999
Comprehensive reports including data, images, and movies from the National Climatic Data Center.
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/billionz.html
- Disaster Research Center
Social science research devoted to the study of disasters. At The University of Delaware.
www.udel.edu/DRC
- Natural Hazards - Earth Observatory
Images of natural hazards observed by NASA satellites.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards
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