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Storm database with records of US storms and tornados by county.
http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms
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Societal Aspects of Weather
Organization which measures the impact of weather on people.
http://www.ucar.edu/res_sci/societal-impacts.html
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National Climatic Data Center
Severe weather records and natural disaster links.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/weather-events.html
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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.
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/articles/eisvink.html
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Largest Earthquakes in the United States
Maps and statistics from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/earthquakes/eq_usa.shtm
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Eyewitness to Disaster: California Earthquakes
Collection of eyewitness accounts, humor, and pictures of historic California earthquakes.
http://www.notfrisco.com/calmem/earthquake/
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Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri
Photographic views of damage caused by cyclone of May 27, 1896.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9537/cyclone.html
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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.
http://www.pbs.org/amex/flood/
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Urban Survival Tools
Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides
survival kits and other survival products
http://www.urbansurvivaltools.com/
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A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems
Notes from this workshop on the effectiveness of heat related health watch systems.
http://www.udel.edu/SynClim/noaa.htm
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The Disaster Files
Repository of summaries, statistics, links and articles about natural (and some man-made) disasters
including earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, epidemics, air crashes, explosions
and volcanic eruptions.
http://www.eclectic-mall.com/disasterfiles/
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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.
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=C003603&url=C003603
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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.
http://www.haznet.org/
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CBS News Disaster Links
Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and
access to realtime data.
http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml
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Hot Topics: Disasters
New Scientist news and articles on some of the most feared natural disasters: fires, quakes,
megafloods, tsunamis, meteors, mass extinctions.
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/disaster/disaster.jsp
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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.
http://www.ndmindia.nic.in/
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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 Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND
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Natural Disasters and Catastrophes
About the causes, 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.
http://www.btinternet.com/~mike.ferris/
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Geo Monitor
Links to websites about volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and
floods.
http://www.geomonitor.net/
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Disaster Research Center
Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of
disasters.
http://www.udel.edu/DRC/
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Living Almanac of Disasters
Almanac of historical disasters listed by date of the year.
http://disasterium.com/index.shtml
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The WWW Virtual Library: Hazards and Risk
Natural and man-made disasters, preparedness, impacts, and mitigation.
http://life.csu.edu.au/hazards/topics.html
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