Earth Sciences: Natural Disasters and Hazards: Page 2

Severe weather records and natural disaster links.

Government Department of Agriculture and Cooperation information resource, including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives.

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).

Organization which measures the impact of weather on people.

Storm database with records of US storms and tornados by county.

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.

Natural and man-made disasters, preparedness, impacts, and mitigation.

Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides survival kits and other survival products

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.