- Disaster Research Center - http://www.udel.edu/DRC/
Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters.
- Geo Monitor - http://www.geomonitor.net/
Links to websites about volcanos, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and floods.
- ReliefWeb: Natural Disasters - http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND
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).
- Natural Disaster Management in India - http://www.ndmindia.nic.in/
Government Department of Agriculture and Cooperation information resource, including reports on recent and current disasters and information on management initiatives.
- CBS News Disaster Links - http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml
Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data.
- HazNet - http://www.haznet.org/
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.
- The Disaster Files - http://www.eclectic-mall.com/disasterfiles/
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.
- Urban Survival Tools - http://www.urbansurvivaltools.com/
Natural disaster information, probability, statistics links and other information. Also provides survival kits and other survival products
- American Experience: Fatal Flood - http://www.pbs.org/amex/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.
- Why the US Is Becoming More Vulnerable to Natural Disasters - http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/articles/eisvink.html
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.
- Societal Aspects of Weather - http://www.ucar.edu/res_sci/societal-impacts.html
Organization which measures the impact of weather on people.
- Storm Events - http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms
Storm database with records of US storms and tornados by county.
- Forces of Nature - http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/
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.
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