Natural Disasters and Hazards Earth Sciences

This category 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.

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• Global Risk Identification Program - 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.
  
• 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.
  
• UN OCHA 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
  
• CBS News Disaster Links - Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data.
  
• FEMA: United States Earthquakes - Maps and statistics from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  
• 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.
  
• Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri - Photographic views of damage caused by cyclone of May 27, 1896.
  
• Urban Survival Tools - Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides survival kits and other survival products
  
• Natural Disasters Association - Provides information on different types of disasters, courses, education and a forum.
  
• National Climatic Data Center - Severe weather records and natural disaster links.
  
• Disaster Research Center - Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems - Notes from this workshop on the effectiveness of heat related health watch systems.
  
• 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.
  
• Societal Aspects of Weather - Organization which measures the impact of weather on people.
  
• Storm Events - Storm database with records of US storms and tornados by county.
  
  

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