- AlertNet
 - Combines breaking stories from the Reuters news agency with communications services for relief organisations. - Emergency Net News Service
- News of and related links to disasters and major emergency events, including infectious diseases, terrorism, and military actions.
- Disaster Center
- Provides news and resources about a variety of catastrophes and response agencies.
- CBS News Disaster Links
- Collection of web sites addressing natural and man-made disasters.
- DisasterRelief.org
- Exchange information on natural and manmade disasters, worldwide.
- Disaster News Network
- News and information about U.S. disaster response and volunteer opportunities.
- FEMA For Kids
- Filled with games, student artwork, activities and cutting-edge graphics that deliver a serious message of disaster preparedness and mitigation for youngsters preschool through eighth grade.
- Bhopal Chemical Leak@
- Sprol
- Planetary sightseeing blog. Visit some of the worst places in the world via satellite imagery.
- Natural Disaster Reference Database
- Bibliographic database on research, programmes, and results which relate to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation.
- Dust Bowl@
- Natural Hazards Center - University of Colorado, Boulder
- Clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters.
- Natural Hazards.org
- Provides information on all types of atmospheric and geologic hazards and links to hazard warning sources.
- Severe Weather Awareness
- Covers tornadoes, flash floods, lightning, blizzards, and hurricanes. From the National Weather Service.
- International Charter Space and Major Disasters - Charte internationale Espace et catastrophes majeures
- Aims to provide a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters.
- 2003 Northeast Blackout (10)
- NOAAWatch: NOAA's All-Hazard Monitor
- NOAAWatch provides public access to current information on a number of environmental threats ranging from oil spills, to hurricanes and tsunamis, to space weather.
- PBS: Savage Earth
- PBS series dealing with earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other disasters.
- Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters 1980-1999
- Comprehensive reports including data, images, and movies from the National Climatic Data Centre.
- Texas City Disaster@
- Disaster Research Center
- Social science research devoted to the study of disasters. At The University of Delaware.
- DisasterHelp
- Homepage of the Disaster Management e-Government Initiative of U.S. government. Offers help resources and information to reduce the loss of life and property from various hazards including natural disasters and acts of terror.
- Natural Hazards - Earth Observatory
- Images of natural hazards observed by NASA satellites.
- Perfect Disaster
- Discovery Channel series about perfect disasters, storms that are larger, more dangerous, and more deadly than any before them. Episodes explore what would happen if amajor metropolis were hit with a super tornado, the effects of a solar storm, a typhoon, megaflood, fire storm, or ice storm.
- Alert Earth!
- Creating a grassroots alerting infrastructure for earthquakes, tsunamis, and other disasters by using the Internet, cell phones, and volunteers.
- USGS Natural Hazards Gateway
- Designed to educate citizens, emergency managers, and lawmakers on seven natural hazards facing the U.S. -- earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanoes, and wildfires -- and show how USGS science helps mitigate disasters and build resilient communities.
- Blackout History Project: 1977 Blackout
- Collection of personal accounts, articles, and documents about the 1977 power outage in New York City.
- Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal@
- FEMA: Hazards
- Find information about specific hazards and what to do to lessen the loss of life and property damage.
- BBC: Natural Disasters
- Features information on earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes and hurricanes, floods and storms, droughts, and more.
- Mega Disasters
- History Channel series Mega Disasters combines science and history to recreate past disasters in modern times and locations. Weekly scenarios examine how vulnerable our complex society is to the power of Mother Nature.
- Forces of Nature
- In-depth feature from CBC News. Includes information on tornadoes, avalanches, earthquakes, and snow.
- NATURE: Can Animals Predict Disaster?
- PBS show explores a variety of science-based explanations for unusual animal behaviour observed prior to natural disasters.
- HGTVPro.com: Disasters
- See how disasters affect the building industry, and stay abreast of preparation and recovery news. HGTVPro offers articles and video segments about hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, mudslides, earthquakes, and floods for homeowners and members of the construction industry.
- National Science Foundation: Disasters
- Special report from the NSF on understanding, preparing for, and responding to both man-made and natural disasters. Includes links to research, latest news, and teacher resources.
- DisasterHelp - Your Guide to Disaster Recovery Resources - FEMA
- FEMA guide to registering for FEMA assistance. Learn if you are eligible, how the process works, and what your state is also doing about the situation.
- National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS)
- FEMA allows you to register yourself and family as displaced or to search for a person displaced by a disaster. The registry also allows you to report or search for a missing child.
- Projectarcix
- Information portal on natural and synthetic disasters highlighting educator resources and terminology.
- Safe and Well List - American Red Cross
- If you have been affected by a disaster, the American Red Cross Safe and Well Website provides a way for you to register yourself as "safe and well."
- World Wide Help
- Group blog using the web to point help in the direction where it's most needed. Started by the founders of the SEA EAT (South East Asian Earthquake And Tsunami) blog, wiki, and database to aid in other relief efforts.
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