ENVI 485: NATURAL DISASTERS WEB LINKS

General:

• World map, ocean floor tectonic features
• PBS Savage Earth Series
• Reuters Alertnet Foundation
• NASA's Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards
• San Diego Union Tribune
  
• FEMA Hazards Site
• California Geological Survey
• The Disaster Center
• UN ReliefWeb
• HEWS: Humanitarian Early Warning Service (current world disasters)
• CIDI: International Natural Disaster Situation Reports
• World Natural Disasters
• Natural Hazards Center Selected Internet Sites
• Disaster News Network
• CBS News Disaster Links
• Center for International Disaster Information
• Natural Disaster Reference Database

Earthquakes:

• National Earthquake Information Center
• IRIS Seismic Monitor
• Up-to-date earthquake events around the world
• Up-to-date earthquake events in California

Volcanic Activity:

• Volcano World
• USGS Volcano Hazards Program
• Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program
• Excellent general information about volcanoes
• Current volcanic activity

Landslides:

• USGS Landslides Hazard Program

Tsunamis:

• NOAA Center for Tsunami Research

Floods:

• NOAA Floods Page
• USGS: Current flood and high flow conditions (United States)
• Dartmouth Flood Observatory (World Floods)
• Dartmouth 2006 Global Register of Major Flood Events

Weather & Climate:

• USGS: Current drought watch (United States)
• National Weather Service
• National Hurricane Center
• Tropical Storm Risk (TSR)
  
• Tropical Storms Worldwide
• Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Reconnaissance
• WMO: Severe Weather Information
• NOAA Tornadoes Page
• Hurricane information
• El Nino information
• Global Wildfires