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Drought

California. Department of Water Resources. Drought Preparedness

http://watersupplyconditions.water.ca.gov/
Website specialized on drought preparedness. Contains general information on this phenomenon, a contingency plan and links to other related websites.

 

 

Canada. Drought Watch

http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/drought/index_e.htm
This website offers information on droughts in relation to agriculture, the climatic profile of the country, a list of links of other websites with information on several topics related to droughts and drought emergency programs.

 

 

Centro de Investigación Sobre Sequía de México

http://www.sequia.edu.mx/
This web site offers general information on the Research Center, rainfall monitoring, information systems, ecology, , hydrology and educational projects, strategies on hydraulic plans and Mexican environmental laws (Available in English only)

 

 

Drought for Kids

http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/
The section “Droughts for kids” of the website of the National Drought Mitigation Center of the University of Nebraska contains general information about this phenomena, maps, its impact, recommendation for risk reduction and its section “Take a brake!” with jigsaw puzzles and crosswords puzzles.

 

 

Drought Monitor

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/index.html
Contains information on USA drought monitor, climatic conditions of this country, a file with information on past events as well as information on the institution.

 

Interim National Drough Council (NDC)

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/indc/
Web site focused on drought prevention and mitigation. It contains general information on the organization, drought programs, drought monitoring, projects and agenda.

 

 

National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC). University of Nebraska - Lincoln

http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc
Includes general aspects about droughts, its impact, its planning by means of different methodologies to develop a drought management plan, links to other related websites, a list of publications on this topic and of important events that have occurred.


National Drought Policy Commission (NDPC)
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/drought/default.htm
This website contains the report of the National Commission with the objective to improve the drought politics among the member countries, a record of news, the list of member countries, reports, meetings and contacts related to the droughts.

 

 

National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

http://www.westgov.org/wga/initiatives/drought/
Este sitio muestra información sobre el sistema de detección temprana de la sequía, su objetivo es determinar el riesgo de la sequía en tiempo real y antes del inicio, para tomar las decisiones que pueden mitigar el posible impacto, contiene también artículos sobre el programa y sus políticas. (Disponible solamente en ingles).

 

 

NOAA's Drought Information Center

http://www.drought.noaa.gov
It is a roundup of the various NOAA Web sites and information on drought and climate conditions, latest events, and drought status. Some external links are included.

 

 

North Dakota State University. Coping with Drought: Information for Dealing with Dry Weather

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/drought/drought.htm
Offers information on agriculture and drought effects on agricultural products. Also, it contains data on plantation illnesses, pests and use of pesticides and the emotional and economic impact of drought on people.

 

 

Sistema de Información Meteorológica y Climática para el Noroeste de México y Suroeste de Estados Unidos. Universidad de Sonora. Departamento de Física

http://www.fisica.uson.mx/Clima/index.html
Provides information related to Mexico and United States on weather, regional meteorology, global weather, El Niño and droughts and environmental sciences. In some cases, includes information on the Latin American region.

 

 

Tecnociencia

http://www.tecnociencia.es/especiales/sequia/
introduccion.htm

This web site offers information about droughts, its causes, types, indexes, impacts, mitigation, drought plans and worldwide news. It also offer links to projects and organisms websites related to this natural phenomenon around the world.


Earthquake

CDC. Preparación y Respuesta para Casos de Emergencia: Terremotos.

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/earthquakes/espanol/index.asp
This web site offers information on how to be prepared in case of an earthquake, basic emergency goods that should be prepared and recommendations for food and water storage, security measures during and after an earthquake and attention of people with special conditions.

 

 

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE).

http://nisee.berkeley.edu
The EERC web site includes links to all EERC data bases searchable on the web: Earthquake Engineering Abstracts; Engineering Reports; computer software for earthquake engineering; protective systems; training resources (demo data base). There is also a new section called "Lessons from Loma Prieta," which includes papers on the important engineering effects of the Loma Prieta earthquake, selected images, and the Loma Prieta data archive, as well as much other earthquake engineering research information.

The Eartquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI)

http://www-megacities.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de
EMI is an international scientific non-governmental organization dedicated to the acceleration of earthquake preparedness, mitigation and recovery of large urban areas (i.e. megacities). EMI focuses its efforts on developing capacity in megacities of the developing world where the effects of earthquakes could be devastating to the people, their economy, their culture, and their environment.

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

http://www.eeri.org/
EERI is a national, nonprofit, technical society of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials, and social scientists - including researchers, practicing professionals, educators, government officials, and building code regulators - all of whom are concerned about mitigating earthquake hazards. The EERI Web site provides an introduction to the institute; a list of upcoming EERI meetings and other events; descriptions of EERI services; a catalog of publications, slides, and videos available from the institute; and other information and news about earthquake hazard mitigation. Additionally, EERI now has several full-text earthquake reconnaissance reports on-line, as well as other information about current events. (Available in Spanish only)

Earthquake Hazards Program - Northern California.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov
The USGS Earthquake Hazards Information Home Page is an excellent place to begin any search for seismic information. It includes information on the latest seismic events, earthquake hazard preparedness, and all other aspects of earthquakes. It also has an entire section devoted to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and an extensive annotated list of other Web quake sites.


EQNet.

http://www.eqnet.org
EQNet is a collaborative effort of many of the institutions providing earthquake information in the US It is a free, one-stop source for locating Internet information related to earthquake hazards mitigation.

¿Está Preparado para un Terremoto?

http://www.economia.4mg.com/lecturas/terremoto.html
This web site offers a guide on what to do in case of an earthquake, what should be done and what should be prepared and taken into account.

 

 

GeoHazards International

http://www.geohaz.org/
GeoHazards International (GHI) was established in 1991 as a nonprofit organization to reduce death and injury caused by earthquakes in the world's most vulnerable communities. It is a global network comprised of earthquake specialists with strong ties to the academic, business, and government sectors of the United States and Japan.

 

 

International Seismological Centre.

http://www.isc.ac.uk/
The International Seismological Centre is a non-governmental organisation charged with the final collection, analysis and publication of standard earthquake information from all over the world. Earthquake readings are received from almost 3,000 seismograph stations representing every part of the globe. The Centre's main task is to redetermine earthquake locations making use of all available information.

 

 

John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center.

http://blume.stanford.edu
Information about current research and publications available from the center, as well as the latest center newsletter. The Blume Center conducts research, provides instruction, publishes reports and articles, conducts seminars and conferences, and provides partial financial support for students. Researchers have done pioneering work on many aspects of earthquake engineering, in seismic hazard and risk analysis, earthquake occurrence and ground motion modeling, component and system reliability, experimental research on structures and components, evaluation of damage potential of ground motions, and development of seismic design methodologies.

 

Observatorio Sismológico del SurOccidente, Cali. Colombia.

http://osso.univalle.edu.co/
Information about the Observatory's mission, activities and staff. The site includes reports about major seismic events and keeps track of monthly seismic activity. There are also articles, papers, projects, and a monthly log of lectures given by staff members to students. You may also find here the latest Tsunami Detection and Early Warning System (SNDAT) bulletins with up-to-date information about such events.

 

Servicio Sismológico Nacional de México.

http://www.ssn.unam.mx/
The web site offers information about recent earthquakes, weekly reports of the activity occurred, seismograms, information about the SSN, earthquakes general information, recommendations on what to do in case of earthquake and information on the Mexico telephone assistant system.

 

 

 

Southern California Earthquake Center.

http://www.scec.org
SCEC is a Science and Technology Center of the National Science Foundation that brings scientists together for joint research to reduce vulnerability to earthquake hazards in Southern California. The formal mission of the center is to promote earthquake hazard reduction by estimating when and where future damaging earthquakes will occur, calculating the expected ground motion, and disseminating that information to the public. The Southern California Earthquake Center Home Page contains background information about SCEC and links to its many member academic institutions. Both the SCEC newsletter and SCEC publications list are available from this site. Also, check out the Earthquake Hazard Analysis Map - a map of probable future Southern California earthquakes, as well as the abundant seismic data available from the SCEC Seismic Data Center.

 

SSA. The Seismological Society of America.

http://www.seismosoc.org
Seismology resources for teachers. Two bulletins are available online: the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA), published bimonthly, and the Seismological Research Letters (SRL). Resources for Teachers include reference materials, maps, sets of slides, videos, hardware and software, seismographs and databases.

 

The Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER).

http://mceer.buffalo.edu
The MCEER Home Page offers a wide variety of resources, as well as links to other Internet information on earthquake engineering and natural hazards mitigation. The main menu features an interactive connection to MCEER's Quakeline database, background information on MCEER, a list of MCEER technical reports with ordering information, a comprehensive list of upcoming conferences, and access to many of the other information resources produced by the center. In 1998 MCEER began offering "Express News" (ENews) via the MCEER Web site. ENews is a customized electronic service that, based on a reader's self-defined interest profile, alerts readers via e-mail to the publication of and selected earthquake/hazards information in the most recent issue of MCEER Information Service News.

 

National Earthquake Information Center. World Data Center for Seismology Denver.

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html
The near-real-time Earthquake Bulletin is provided by the National Earthquake Information Service (NEIS) of the U. S. Geological Survey as part of a cooperative project of the Council of the National Seismic System. Includes regional maps, location and magnitude of the most severe recent events, maps and lists by region of the USA earthquakes, seismic activity during the last 7 and 30 days. Also, this sites provides links to other USGS sites on seismic activity.

 

 

 

Terremotos y otros Desastres Naturales.

http://www.angelfire.com/nt/terremotos/
This web site offers information on earthquakes, prevention measures, media and instruments to measure its intensity and their causes. Although, the information is from Chile, it offers historical information history on earthquakes around the world.

 

 

 

University of the West Indies. Seismic Research Unit.

http://www.uwiseismic.com/index.html
This site contains useful information for scientists, disaster coordinators, teachers, students and other persons with a general interest in geologic events in the Eastern Caribbean. Also offers information on earthquakes, volcanoes, news on relevant themes, Caribbean islands profiles, among another information.

 

 

Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terremoto_del_Oc%C3%A9ano_%C3%8Dndico_de_2004
This Wikipedia section offers detailed information of the of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and Tsunami.

 

El Niño phenomenon

U.S. Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies Library
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/lib/elninolinks
Links to publications, media coverage and an extensive bibliography of English documents on the El Niño phenomena, documents cannot, however, be downloaded. (English only).

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/nino-home.html
Links to publications, media coverage and an extensive bibliography of English documents on the El Niño phenomena, documents cannot, however, be downloaded. (English only).


U.S. Climate Prediction Center
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.html
Links to El Niño from U.S. based weekly updates, forecast forum, monitoring and data and assessments. (English only).


Ecuador. Meteorology and Hydrologic National Institute (INAMHI)
http://www.inamhi.gov.ec/
This site offers information on Ecuador´s meteorology and hydrology. The El Niño section contains links to the Informativo and Area Climática bulletins from the Southern Pacific Permanent Commission, both related to El Niño where it is possible to find some recommendations to protect the environment and so, to prevent landslides and obstructions in the drainage and sewage disposal system.

 

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission / UNESCO
http://www.ioc.unesco.org/iocweb
Database search results in both English and Spanish about the El Niño.


Centro Integrado de Recursos Ambientales de Santa Catarina. Meteorología e Recursos Hídricos.
http://www.climerh.rct-sc.br/site/index.html
Presents graphics on the 2002-2003 monitoring process of El Niño as well as its impact on the agriculture of Santa Catarina region, Brazil.


Universidad Agraria La Molina del Perú
http://www.lamolina.edu.pe/elnino/default.htm
Provides integral information on El Niño from its origin in the ocean and then its development and study from of other disciplines such as meteorology, biology, fishery, agronomy, etc.

 

Dirección General de Territorio Marítimo y de Marina Mercante (DIRECTEMAR) de Chile
http://www.directemar.cl/meteo/operador/enos.htm
In its meteorology section, briefly publishes de development of El Niño in 2002-2003 and shows some images on climatic conditions.


NOAA. El Niño Pages
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov
NOAA El Niño homepage with links to other sites, forecasts, observations and research.


Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación. Marina de Guerra del Perú.
http://www.dhn.mil.pe/
In its section on El Niño provides concise and clear information such as causes, frequency, effects, forecasts and monitoring. Also, includes a damage assessment in Peru. (English only).


U.S. University of Washington. Department of Atmospheric Sciences. El Niño and Climate Prediction
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/gcg/RTN/rtnt.html
El Niño and Climate Prediction. A comprehensive and easy to understand site on climatic changes and El Niño - early research initiatives, international aspects, global effects, graphics and images.

 

Protección Civil de España
http://www.proteccioncivil.org/elnino.htm
Contains links to other sites related to El Niño with information on the most recent events caused by this phenomena. Information on the effects on the environment, damage assessment and agriculture impact can be accessed in this site.


Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería del Ecuador (SICA). Servicio de Información Agropecuaria
http://www.sica.gov.ec/agro/agroclima
Provides access to the Boletín Agroclimático that contains information about El Niño and its impact on agriculture and the environment. Also, documents such as the El Niño Phenomena Regional Study (ERFERN) can be found


Fires

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Wildfieres.


http://www.bt.cdc.gov/firesafety
This website section offers general information on fires, preparation and response, workers security during the fire clean up and leaflets about risks provoked by fires on health.

 

 

España. Forres. Revista Virtual sobre Incendios Forestales


http://www.incendiosforestales.com/
This web site offers a wildfire specialized magazine with a photo gallery for each issue and space for comments and subscriptions. (Available in English and Spanish)

 

 

FireNet.

http://www.iawfonline.org/firenet.shtml

Provides support to an international net of wildfire information. Also, contains information on education, training on fires and special services. This site also allows the access to different virtual libraries, among other resources.

 

Firewise.

http://www.firewise.org
It is a Web site created for people who live, vacation, or own structures in wildfire-prone areas. It offers online wildfire protection information and checklists, as well as listings of other publications, videos, and conferences. The interactive home page allows users to ask questions of fire protection experts and to register and receive further information as it becomes available.


España. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente

http://www.incendiosforestales.org/
This website offers information on: prevention and extinction techniques, practical advices, risk maps, legislation, meteorology, fuels, investigation of causes, use of new technologies, a search engine web on wildfires by continent. Also, this website provides a chat and forums on wildfire. (Available in Spanish only)

 

 

El Mundo de la Seguridad Online.

http://www.seguridadonline.com/
It is a company of social communication specialized on integral security and protection, and in training human resources on industrial security. Its objective is to keep employees updated with information on integral protection, fire prevention and industrial security.
Its website contains the newsletter "El mundo de la seguridad" as well as information about its training events.

 

National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).

http://www.nifc.gov/
This website offers general information on fire management, prevention measures and education materials. It contains a section of news, a glossary, a photo gallery and an information search engine. Provide links to other web sites of related topics.


 

Programa de Prevenção e Controle de Queimadas e Incêndios Florestais na Amazônia Legal.

http://www2.ibama.gov.br/proarco/home.htm
This website offers information on fires and wildfires prevention and control through the constant monitoring of the zones. It offers daily monitoring reports, weather information, as well as heat points information and data from 1998 to 2004 (Available in Portuguese and English).


 

The Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC).


http://www.ruf.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe/
The GFMC is a provider of global information on vegetation fires (fires in forest and other vegetation, land-use fires). The interpretation and synthesis products of the GFMC are based on inputs from a global network of national and international institutions working in forecasting, monitoring, and managing fires, including research facilities. The GFMC website provides daily global updates on early warning of wildfires, fire occurrence, fire causes and impacts. The fire archive goes back to the date of the establishment of the GFMC in October 1998. The GFMC represents a multi-institutional alliance and is a German contribution to the Early Warning component of the ISDR.

 

Floods

Dartmouth College Flood Remote Sensing.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/geog/floods
This is the home page of the Global Flood Monitoring and Analysis Project - the work of a team of geographers at Darmouth who are using satellite technology and other means to develop up-to-the-minute flood maps to support flood management and relief efforts and to further flood prediction around the world. This site includes an evolving database of extreme floods and a collection of satellite images of several major events - in short, a wealth of data on recent major floods around the world for response agencies and researchers alike.

 

Coping with Floods. Information For Dealing With Floods

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/flood
Web site containing flood-related information such as: flood information for your home; cleaning after the flood; basements and structural concerns; pests, safety and environmental concerns and household furnishings. Also, this site refers the user to other related websites.

 

Floodplain Management.

http://www.floodplain.org
It was established by the Floodplain Management Association (FMA) to serve the entire floodplain management community. It includes sections containing full-text articles, a calendar of upcoming events, a list of positions available, an index of publications available free or at nominal cost, a list of associations, a list of firms and consultants in floodplain management, an index of newsletters dealing with flood issues (with hypertext links if available), a section on the basics of floodplain management, a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Web site, and, of course, a copious catalog of Web links.

 

Hazardous Substances


Dangerous Goods and its transportation

http://www.matpelytransporte.com.ve/
This Web site specializes in how to handle dangerous goods. Its different sections show important information covering the response to emergencies originated by dangerous goods, the requirements for its transportation, logistics, loading and unloading processes, rout, technical regulations by country, flights and airports information, library, news and notices, accidents photo gallery, links of interest and security videos.

 

 

Dangerous Goods Web Site

http://www.mintransporte.gov.co/mercapeli/
The content of this Web site covers the institution’s general information, its politics, full text documents, regulations, national and international agreements, containers regulations for substances handling and transportation, important terms glossary and related links.

 

 

Disease Control and Prevention Centers. Chemical emergencies

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/chemical/es/
This section is assigned to information related to chemical emergencies. It covers specific chemical agents, offers information address to the public in general such as informative pages and what to do in case of an emergency, evacuation and clean up, besides including related resources and news.

 

 

Environmental and Natural Resources Secretariat. Guidance Centre to Respond to Environmental Emergencies (Coatea)

http://www.profepa.gob.mx/Profepa/InspeccionIndustrial/
EmergenciasAmbientalesIndustria/COATEA.htm

The main objective for this Web site is to supply timely and reliable information, the necessary guidance and technical assistance to respond to environmental contingencies and emergencies which may arise in Mexico related to handling of chemical substances. It offers information concerning the functions, mission, vision, whom should be contacted in case of an emergency and the kind of information to be supplied to the corresponding authorities.

 

 

Esquina’s Volunteer Firemen Association

http://www.bomberosesquina.org.ar/materialespeligrosos.htm
Firemen Web site section concerning information on dangerous materials classification, danger identification system, risks, ways for dangerous substances to come into the organism, personal protection equipment, documents required for transportation of dangerous products and actions to be taken during an emergency.

 

 

Venezuelan Association for the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry. (ASOQUIM)

http://www.asoquim.com/
This Web site belongs to ASOQUIM, civil association grouping companies from the chemical and petrochemical Venezuelan industry; it contains institutional and members information, bulletins, official gazettes, technical regulations, environmental legislation, regulations, courses and events, among other related matters with the association.


Hurricanes

Canadian Hurricane Center .
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/index_e.html
Provides information about storms that are predicted to directly impact Canada.

 

 

 

Extreme Weather Links.
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/pielke/camille/weatherlinks.html
Economic and other societal impacts related to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, lightning, and other weather phenomena from consortium of U.S. scientific research groups.

 

 

Huracan.net.
http://www.huracan.net
Available in English and Spanish. Everything you need to know to get ready for the next hurricane season. Weather reports and National Hurricane Center forecasts, graphics and photographs. A manual, in English and Spanish, contains basic information about hurricanes, from how they start to how they are named.

 

Hurricanes: Online Meteorology Guide
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/
home.rxml

This site offers on-line education material and information on meteorology, general information on atmospheric phenomena and on-line guidelines, among other data. The project WW2010 integrates current and past data as well as multimedia education resources (available in English only).

 

 

 

Global Hidrology and Climate Center. Interactive Images of Geosynchronous Weather Satellites
http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/
Sitio web que ofrece Imágenes Interactivas de Satélites Meteorológicos Geoestacionarios, desde diferentes puntos del planeta y que se actualiza constantemente.

 

 

 

Disaster Mitigation in Health Facilities. Wind effects.
http://www.disaster-info.net/viento/indice.htm
The purpose of this training material is to guide planners of health infrastructures (hospital administrators, engineers, architects, technicians, etc.) in Latin America and the Caribbean on the effects hurricanes can have on health facilities, as well as to serve as an instrument of training and dissemination of the basic aspects of disaster mitigation, as they relate to hurricanes. It includes PowerPoint presentations with scripts, several technical publications on the subject of disaster mitigation in health facilities, and posters that can be reproduced and disseminated.


 

National Hurricane Center – Tropical Prediction Center.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
Included information about current storm, tropical analyses and forecasting, didactic and historical information pertaining to hurricanes, for the purpose of generating and coordinating tropical cyclone analysis and forecast products for countries in the Americas, Caribbean.

 


National Severe Storms Laboratory.
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov
The National Severe Storms Laboratory is one of the Environmental Research Laboratories of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma, the NSSL, in partnership with the National Weather Service, is dedicated to improving the nation's severe weather warnings and forecasts in order to save lives and reduce property damage. The NSSL site includes general information about the lab and the research it undertakes. Of particular interest to individuals interested in severe weather (especially students) is the "Weather Room" - with sections on "Phenomena," "Weather Careers," "Weather Lessons," and "Interesting Weather Things" (links to other Web sites and weather data).

 

 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency. Tropical Storm Watch Page.
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/index.shtm
It provides news and situation reports on current storms as well as archived information on past hurricanes monitored by FEMA.

 

The National Weather Service (NWS). Office of Meteorology (OM).
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om
It contains full-text weather service publications - including hazard awareness materials on hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms and lightning, floods, winter weather, and other topics - discussion of "hot topics," and a section on "significant weather." It also offers 1995 Natural Hazards Statistics, as well as Disaster Survey Reports - evaluations of NWS performance in recent disasters.


The Tornado Project Online.
http://www.tornadoproject.com
This site offers general tornado information, tornado data, as well as information about more recent tornadoes. It also lists tornado videos and books available from the Tornado Project.

 

 

The Tropical Meteorology Project.
http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/
Featured Sections include Tropical Storm Forecasts of yearly forecasts for tropical storms, named storms, typhoons, hurricanes, and intense hurricanes. Includes the current forecast and archived forecasts dating back to 1994; Weather Products, research, and articles from The Tropical Meteorology Project, other Colorado State University Researchers, and the Tropical Storm Research community from around the world; Frequently asked questions about Typhoons, Hurricanes, and other types of tropical storms.

 


Tropical Storms Worldwide, University of Hawaii.
http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/
The tropical cyclone data presented at this site are intended to convey only general information on current storms, including strike probabilities, storm tracking maps, data archives, and related information.
 
Unisys Weather.
http://weather.unisys.com/
Weather updates, analyses by satellite images, surface and upper air data, radar data, as well as forecasts and more for the United States.

 

 

WeatherNet Tropical Weather Products.
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/
Provides comprehensive information on tropical storms including National Hurricane Centre bulletins, satellite images, tracking maps, reconnaissance reports and forecasts. Also available for downloading are evaluation versions of several hurricane tracking software packages.


World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
Provides information about weather prediction to air pollution research, climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting.

 

 

World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
Provides information about weather prediction to air pollution research, climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting.

 

 

World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Tropical Cyclone Programme.
http://www.wmo.int/web/www/TCP/TCP-home.html
Provides information on the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Tropical Cyclone Programme which is part of the World Weather Watch (WWW). Information includes objectives, purpose and scope, organisation, etc.

 

Landslides

 

Dirección General para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres de Colombia, Sección de Deslizamientos.
http://www.dgpad.gov.co/acerca/fen_desliza.htm
Special section of the SNDAP website focused on landslides, the most frequent types and some security measurements before, during and after a landslide.

 

Real Time Monitoring of an active landslide above hightway 50, California.

http://landslides.usgs.gov/monitoring/hwy50/
Information on the real time monitoring carried out by USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington. Provides real-time data and images, annual information on volcanic activity and its relationship with landslides, photo and links to other related sites.

 

Geologic Hazards Landslides.
http://landslides.usgs.gov/
It contains landslide information and indexes to landslide publications available both in hard copy and on-line.

 

National Landslide Information Center
http://landslides.usgs.gov/nlic/
This site provides special information for students and professors on landslides, images, publications, recent landslide events and projects under execution.

 

Terrorism

Center for the Study of Bioterrorism

http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/index1.html
This site contains information on nuclear, radiological, and chemical terrorism, besides biological agents as: anthrax, smallpox, plagues, botulism, and others. It also offers recommendations in case of emergencies, access to articles, news, informative CD-ROMS, reference material, the investigation canter and new information on the topic.

 

 

Health Aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons.
http://www.who.int/emc/deliberate_epi.html
Provides information on publications related to the use of chemical and biological agents. Contains links to other sites about chemical and radiation accidents, a technical guide on public health aspects on how to face these accidents, epidemic diseases and news about these diseases.

 

Legislation. Related to the attack of september 11, 2001

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/terrorleg.htm
This web site offers information about the legislation related to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 against The United States. The resolutions of the laws are also included.

 

 


Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR)
http://www.who.int/emc/questions.htm
This section of the CSR website contains public information regarding the FAQ´s on biological agents and chemical weapons.

 


Office of the Coordinador for Counterterrorism
http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/index.html
Offers general information on the office against the terrorism. It reports on the American counterterrorism policies and includes annual reports, travel security, summits reports and statements.

 

Tsunamis

Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis de la Costa Oeste y Alaska

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/subpage1.htm
Esta página contiene información relevante en prevención y educación sobre los tsunamis más recientes en el mundo, áreas, catálogos, física, recorridos, advertencia, boletines, reglas de seguridad y una sección para niños de todas las edades donde se pueden encontrar libros para imprimir y colorear sobre Tommy Tsunami.

 

 

ESRI GIS and Mapping Software
http://www.esri.com/news/pressroom/
indian_ocean_disaster.html

This page offers a collection of links to map and data resources relevant to the recent earthquake, tsunami on December 26, 2004, disaster recovery efforts in the Indian Ocean region.

 

 

International Tsunami Information Center

http://www.tsunamiwave.info/
The International Tsunami Information Center was established by the IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) of UNESCO . This Center maintains and develops relationships with scientific research and academic organizations, civil defense agencies, and the general public in order to carry out its mission to mitigate the hazards associated with tsunamis by improving tsunami preparedness for all Pacific Ocean nations.

 

 

Numerical Modeling of Tsunami.

http://www.dri.ne.jp/koshimuras/sumatra/
Numerical modeling of tsunami was performed by using TUNAMI code of The Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University. The model is based on the linear shallow water theory of spherical co-ordinate system. Seismic deformation modeling is based on the theory of Okada (1985). The computational grid size is approximately 2 min. and 5 min.

 

 

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Tsunami Research Program.

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/
The PMEL, Tsunami Research Program seeks to mitigate tsunami hazards to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Research and development activities are focused on an integrated approach to improving tsunami warning and mitigation. Also, they have information about the tsunami on December 26, 2004.

 

 

Pacific Tsunami Museum.

http://www.tsunami.org
Public education, exhibits in Hawaii and the Pacific basin.

 

Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning

http://www.unisdr.org/ppew/tsunami/ppewtsunami.htm
These web site is dedicated to early warning system in case of tsunamis, offers information about developing people – centered TEW worldwide, news and events of topic, and information as: events historical, early warning system techniques, organizations and actors, information about the project and others.

 

 

Science of Tsunami Hazards.

http://www.sthjournal.org/
The International Journal of the Tsunami Society. The Tsunami Society publishes this journal to increase and disseminate knowledge about tsunamis and their hazards. Contents: current issue, all issues, editorial staff, editorial board, instructions to authors, subscription information, tsunamis websites and announcements.

 

The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/
This Program was created to reduce the tsunamis impact through warning guidance, mitigation and hazard assessment. Contains information on tsunamis awareness, real time data, special information for children, links to other related sites, FAQ´s and a mitigation plan for reducing damages, among other related information.

 

Teaching Geosciences with Visualizations: Using Images, Animations, and Models Effectively: Tsunami Visualizations

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/
collections/tsunami.html

This page provides links to various visualizations to recent episodes such as the one occurred in the Indian Ocean on December 2004 or historically important. It also includes other tsunami material going beyond the visualizations.

 

 

Towards the Establishing of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean.

http://ioc.unesco.org/indotsunami/
El sitio web está dedicado a las actividades de seguimiento al tsunami del Océano Indico que devastó varios países de esa región. Ofrece información de las actividades que se organizan a nivel nacional, regional e internacional para establecer el sistema de alerta y de mitigación ante tsunamis en el Océano Indico y en otras cuencas.

 


Tsunamis

http://www.angelfire.com/nt/tsunamis/
Detailed information on tsunamis, its causes, differences, chronologies, advices and related links from different parts of the world. Also, chronicles from Chile, Africa, Mexico are available as well as links to information on other events in different.


 

Tsunamis

http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
Contains general information about tsunamis related to security measures, mitigation, tsunamis survey and research information, as well as links to other sites with information related to tsunamis.

 

 

Tsunami Laborator

http://tsun.sscc.ru/tsulab/20041226.htm
The web site offers information about the North Sumatra earthquake and tsunami on December 26, 2004. Also, provides historical seismicity data, historical tsunamis, tsunami modeling, location maps and others.

 

 

Tsunamis and Earthquakes

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/index.html
Website containing general information on tsunamis, animations on different events, virtual reality models, summaries of researches and links to other related institutions.

 

 

Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific
http://ioc.unesco.org/itsu/
Offers information about the tsunami in the Ocean Coasts on December 24, 2004, besides it inform on themes of training, events to be carried out, warnings before tsunamis and publications on the topic.

 

 

Weast Coast& Alaska Tsunami Warning Center M

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/subpage1.htm
Site with relevant data on prevention and education on the most recent tsunamis, areas, catalogs, physics, tracking, warnings, bulletins, security measures and a section for kids where they can find book about Tommy Tsunami that can be printed and colored



USC. Tsunami Research Group

http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/
Web site on to tsunamis research, analytic and numeric models, mitigation plans and disaster planning. Contains a worldwide map with recent tsunamis occurred around the world, publications and articles, information about on-going projects and links to other related websites.

 

Volcanoes

Alaska Volcano Observatory.

http://www.avo.alaska.edu
Provides information on the current state of volcanic activity along the Aleutian arc, actively monitored volcanoes, other volcanoes of current interest, inside AVO and other resources: www sites, books, articles, maps, photo archive, satellite images, videos, slides sets, etc.

 

Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias (C.N.E.). Modulo sobre Volcanes.

http://www.cne.go.cr/educacion/Modulo_sobre_volcanes.htm
The web site presents a complete module on volcanoes and its characteristics, recommendations before a volcanic eruption and description of volcanic materials, among another information.

 

 

Consorcio. Desastres Naturales. Erupción Volcánica.

http://www.consorcio.cl/aprenda_de/emergencia_erupcion.asp
The website offers information on volcanic eruptions, recommendations on what to do before, during and after a volcanic eruption. Also, it has links to other related websites.

 

 

Decade Volcano. Santa María, Guatemala.

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/santamaria/decade.html
The Santamaría Volcano, in the Southwest of Guatemala, is one of the most famous--and infamous--in Central America, affecting mainly the Santa María-Santiaguito community. It has been designated as "Decade Volcano" by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) as part of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). The Web site includes information about the eruptions of 1904, 1930 and 1972. There is also information about the Association, its plans, reports, and workshops (held in Quetzaltenango), as well as about areas for further study.


U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/main.html
This website includes several sections related to volcanoes, such as: volcanic threats, volcanic risk mitigation, informative resources and volcanoes of the United States and the world.

 

 

Glossary of Volcano and Related Terminology

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/volcano_terminology.html
USGC website with a glossary of volcanoes and other related terminology. Most of the terms are links to other sites with more information sources related to the selected word.

 

Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution.

http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp
This site contains information and links to volcanoes around the world, activity reports, and information about available related products.

 

 

Goverment of Monserrat and Montserrat Volcano Observatory.

http://www.mvo.ms/
Provides up-to-date information on the volcanic situation in Montserrat, including the official daily bulletins issued by the Montserrat Volcano Observatorty. Also available are scientific reports from the observatory, photographs of the volcano and links to related sites.

 

Michigan Technological University Volcanoes.

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes
A worldwide volcano reference map, and information on recent events, volcanic hazards mitigation, and remote sensing.

 

Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory Homepage.

http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/mevo/mevo.html
This website is devoted principally to discussion of seismicity observed at Mount Erebus and the continuing seismic surveillance and research being conducted by scientists at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, and Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Information includes: types od seismic events, event locations, ongoing research, photographs, additional Erebus information, and publications related to their work.

Nordic Volcanological Institute (NVI).

http://www.norvol.hi.is
A Nordic institute for research and training in volcanology and related fields. This site includes information about NORDVOLC, permanent staff and research fellows, research programme, research fellowship programme, international co-operation, volcano observatories world wide -phone-fax, other servers in volcanology and environmental organisations, NORDIC servers, geology and tectonics of ICELAND and RIDGE/NORDVULK summer school field trips.

 

Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Pasto. OVP-INGEOMINAS.

http://www.ingeominas.gov.co/web/pasto/index.htm
The site keeps systematic and constantly updated records of volcanological and seismological events throughout the year in the Colombian Southwest (the Department, or province, of Nariño), including data concerning one volcano, Galeras, selected as a "Decade Volcano" by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), as part of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).

 

The Volcano Information Center

http://volcanology.geol.ucsb.edu/
This educational oriented website contains links to different websites with general information on vulcanology and other related topics. Contains information on volcanoes from all over the world as well as information resources, databases and results of events carried out on this topic, geological maps, and other resources.

 

Volcanoes.com.

http://www.volcanoes.com/
It refers to a series of related websites, allows to consult the volcanoes encyclopedia, offers information on the last activities presented in the different volcanoes of the world, a gallery of photos and a section of books and videos.

 

Volcano Watch - Hawaii.

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch
A product of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory of US Geological Survey, providing facts and information about volcanic activity in Hawaii.

 

 

Volcanic Ash Clouds and Aircraft Safety.

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/department/classes/ge404/gcmayber/
Provide information about how volcanic ash clouds affect aircraft, and how to avoid this hazard. The detrimental effects of volcanic ash clouds need to be understood by the public because ignorance could lead to disaster. Also, offers recommendations on what to do in case of the occurrence of an event, security measures, among others topics.

 

 

Volcano World.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
This site contains extensive information on volcanoes throughout the world. It also contains information for teachers and students including an "Ask a Volcanologist" section.

 

La Vulcanología

http://members.fortunecity.com/chema/vulca/vulca.htm
The web site offers a description of the types of volcanoes and eruptions and the risk that they represent.

 

 

World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO)

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/wovo/
The World Organization of Volcano Observatories was established as the result of a meeting of representatives from world-wide volcano observatories, held in Guadeloupe in 1981. WOVO became the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior Commission in the following year. It includes links to numerous observatory sites within the region including Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the southern Andes, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and more.

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