Hazards Issues

General

• Geography Action Week 1999 - Are you ready?
• Geography Action Week 1997 - Geography of hazardous places
• Disaster Investigation Area - EMA
• Hazard & Disaster Links
• Preparedness

Hazards Information

• AusAID - Index - WWW Home Page
• AusAID - Useful Links
• AusAID - Global Education
• AusAID - SiteMap
• Australian Geography Teachers Associations (Internet Links)
• Australian Geological Survey
• Bureau of Meteorology
• Cartographies of danger: author
• Cartographies of danger: publisher
• CIA World Factbook 1998
• Discovery Online, Earth Alert
• SchoolNet - Canada
• Earthweek
• Hazards and Risk Virtual Library - by site - Organisation
• HazardNET Home Page
• Hazards Organisations : CSU
• Mayday : The Ultimate Crash Web Site
• National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• USDOC/ NOAA/ NESDIS/ National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page
• USDOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC-More about the globe on NGDC's Home Page
• El Nino - Research, Forecasts and Observations
• NOAA Home Page
• NOAA : National Geophysical Data Center
• Other Internet Natural Hazards Links
• Prairie and Northern Region Home Page
• ReliefWeb: Home page
• Ten Risky Places
• The Natural Hazards Center - Information on Human Adaptation to Disaster
• Ultimate Disaster : The Official Mr Bean Web Site
• Worldwatch Institute Home Page
• Worldwide forest / Biodiversity campaign news

Bushfires / Wildfires

• Australasian Fire Authorities Council
• Bureau of Meteorology
• Bushfires - NCC (NSW)
• Country Fire Authority (Vic) page of significant fires
• CSIRO bushfire research
• EMA - Index
• Fire Links
• Land & Environment - Victoria
• NRE: Fire and Other Emergencies
• CFA - Fire Wire
• CFA - Publications
• The Age Australian Bushfire Alert
• The Age Australian Bushfire Alert: Gallery
• Wildland Fire Photos
• Worldwide forest / Biodiversity campaign news

Drought

• Coping With Drought - Information For Dealing With Dry Weather
• Drought Conditions - Hydrologic Information Center
• Drought Watch - USA
• NOAA's Drought Information Center
• NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - Drought
• The real cost of bottled water
• WWF Global Network

Earthquakes

• Are You Ready for an Earthquake?
• Earthquake Links
• Alan L. Jones - Seismic software for schools
• DMS
• IRIS Seismic Monitor
• IRIS DMC: SPYDER
• Volcanic Activity - Animated World Map

EMA

• Emergency Management Australia Home Page
• EMA site map
• EMA - Links A very useful page
• EMA Web Site - Current Emergencies
• School Resources for Teachers
• Disaster Investigation Area - EMA

Floods

• Katherine Flood - Media Releases
• Case Studies Links to emergency sites
• Completion of Katherine flood study
• Completion of Katherine flood study
• EMA - Floods (Disaster Investigation Area) Case Study - Information now provided in the Northern Territory of Australia since the Katherine Flood om Australia day 1998
• Emergency Services on Alert as Rivers Rise
• Flood information
• Flood Information Map
• Gauges and floods warnings
• Impact of rail on Katherine Q100 flood levels
• Information on the weather
• Katherine Flood Information Site
• Katherine Flood Information Site Navigation Menu
• Major Katherine River study to assist community
• Major Katherine River study to assist community
• MEDIA RELEASE: Katherine River Study To Assist Community
• MEDIA RELEASE:Completion Of Katherine Flood Study
• Northern Territory Government [Australia] - News - Katherine River flood height on internet
• Victoria River District flood information

IDNDR

• IDNDR's Directory for Disaster Reduction Institutions
• IDNDR - International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
• IDNDR - International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
• IDNDR - About The International Decade for Natural Disaster
• IDNDR Home Page

Landslides

• Canadian Avalanche Association Home Page!
• Geohazards, Land and Water Resources Division - Geohazards, AGSO
• Landslide Survival
• Rockfall protection barriers to stop rolling rocks
• Slope drapes to prevent rockfall and erosion
• Survival On Snow - Home Page
• University of Washington Geophysics Program Home Page

Tropical Cyclones

• CIMSS Tropical Cyclones
• FAQ : Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones (Part A : Basic Definitions)
• FAQ : Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones (Part B: Names)
• JCU - JCU MetSat GMS Weather Pictures
• FTP folder of satellite images

Tsunami

• Early Photos from PNG
• Papua New Guinea Tsunami Information
• Recent Tsunami Events
• Survey of Great Tsunamis
• The Tsunami Page of Dr. George Pararas-Carayannis - Earthquakes, Tsunami, etc
• The Tsunami Warning System
• Tsunami field survey photographs
• Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
• Tsunami hazard mitigation (NOAA)
• Tsunami Related WWW Sites
• Tsunami Safety Rules
• Tsunami!: The WWW Tsunami Information Resource
• Welcome to Tsunami!
• West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Volcanoes

• Government of Montserrat and Montserrat Volcano Observatory
• Montserrat Volcano Observatory - Pictures
• MTU Volcanoes Page
• Volcano hazards map : Monserrat