Disaster links for journalists

General Disaster

• Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System - GDAS
• Office of Homeland Security - DHS
• Disaster Help - DHS
• US Geological Survey - USGS
• Environmental Visualization Laboratory - NOAA
• NGDC Natural Hazards Databases - NOAA
• Pacific Disaster Center - PDC
• Engineers Disaster Links - US Army
• Environmental Emergencies - EPA
• FEMA
• A Citizen's Guide to Preparedness - FEMA
• Business and Industry Guide for Emergency Management - FEMA
• CIESEN
• Disaster Information Source
• Disaster TV
• Disastercenter
• UN Disaster Page
• Asian Disaster Reduction Center - ADRC
• How to cover a disaster story

Avalanche

• Avalanche.org
• Boulder Colorado Climate and Weather Data
• Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center

Cyclone

• Hong Kong Observatory

Disaster Education

• Natural Hazards Center at Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
• Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware
• Institute for Business and Home Safety - IBHS
• North American Emergency Management: Training

Disaster - Kids

• FEMA: Kids
• Helping Children After a Disaster
• Purdue Univ: "Terrorism and Children" 
• CDC: Children and Terrorism
• Guide to Children's Grief
• NIMH: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters

Disaster Monitoring Software

• Emergencyemail.org

Disaster Radio

• American Radio Relay League
• Amateur Radio Disaster Service
• Salvation Army: SATERN Disaster Communications

Disaster Relief

• America's Second Harvest 
• Action Against Hunger
• APS Care International
• CARE
• Catholic Relief Services
• Church World Service
• Direct Relief International
• Give TV
• GOAL
• Habitat for Humanity
• Interaction.org
• International Red Cross
• Islamic Relief Worldwide
• Jewish World Service
• National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)
• Network for Good
• Operation USA
• Oxfam International
• Sarvodaya
• Save the Children
• UNICEF
• World Food Programme - UN

Drought

• USGS Water Use
• UNL Drought Monitor

Earthquake

• Earthquake Information - USGS
• Geologic Hazard Program - USGS
• This Dynamic Earth - USGS
• Earthquakes - USGS
• World Earthquake Map - USGS
• NEIC:General Info - USGS
• Recent CA Earthquakes - USGS
• Hazards Preparedness - USGS
• The San Andreas Fault - USGS
• Seismic Monitor - IRIS
• U. Wash.: Earthquake Hazards in Washington and Oregon
• SC EQ Data Center: General Info
• UC Berkeley Seismic Lab
• UC Berkeley Seismic Book Reviews 
• SF Bay Quakes: Images
• Cascadia Quakes: CREW.org
• FEMA Earthquake Mitigation
• Nevada Seismic Lab
• St. Louis University Earthquake Center (New Madrid Fault: North end)
• Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) (New Madrid Fault: South end)
• (Japan) Earthquake Research Institute

Flood

• Flood Images - NOAA
• Flood Events - NOAA
• Streamflow Conditions - USGS
• Water Condition Animations - USGS
• National Water Conditions - USGS
• US Water Resources - USGS
• Significant US Flood History - USGS
• Water Use - USGS
• Real-Time Water Data - USGS
• Coping with Floods - NDSU

Hurricane

• National Hurricane Center - NOAA
• Tropical Prediction Center - NOAA
• Cyclones - NOAA
• Hurricanes Archives - NOAA
• OSEI Imagery - NOAA
• GOES Satellites - NOAA
• Atlantic Oceanographic Lab - NOAA
• Hurricane FAQ - NOAA
• National Climatic Data Center Archive - NOAA
• Hurricane Research - NOAA
• Pacific Disaster Center
• FEMA: Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watch
• UM Weather
• CIMSS Tropical Cyclones 
• Storm Carib 

Iceberg

• National Snow and Ice Data Center

Nuclear

• Radiological Weapons - CDC
• Nuclear Terror - CDI
• Nuclear Control Institute - NCI
• Nuclear Incident Response (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
• Oak Ridge: Radiation Emergency Assistance Center
• Terrorism Answers: Dirty Bomb - CFR

Oil

• EPA Oil Spills 
• US Gov't Oil Spill Incident News Site
• Emergency Responses and Cleanup Activities
• Oil Spill Response - NOAA 
• Restoring Resources Lost in Oil Spills - NOAA
• National Response Center - USCG
• National Pollution Funds Center - USCG

Solar Flare

• Space Weather Now - NOAA
• NOAA Today's Space Weather - NOAA
• SOHO Solar Observatory
• Spaceweather Today
• Rice Univ. Space Weather Resources
• Michigan Tech: Auroras

Tornado

• National Severe Storms Laboratory - NOAA
• NORA Storm Prediction Center Stats - NOAA 
• Tornadoes FAQ - NOAA
• Climatological Data - NOAA
• Severe Weather - NOAA
• Storm Prediction Center - NOAA
• Tornados - NOAA 
• VORTEX Case Studies
• Pacific Northwest MM5 Mesoscale Numerical Forecasts 36-12-4 km domains 

Tsunami

• Tsunami Hazard Mitigation - NOAA
• Pacific Disaster Center
• Tsunami Data - NGDC
• USC Tsunami Research
• Tsunami Information Resource
• (UK) Tsunami Risks Project
• Wikipedia: Tsunami

Volcano

• Volcano Observatories - USGS
• Hawaii Volcano Watch - USGS
• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory - USGS
• Alaska Volcano Observatory - USGS
• Cascades Volcano Observatory  - USGS
• AU Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory 
• Taal Volcano
• Volcano Information Center
• Volcanoes in Victoria, Australia 
• Volcano Database Search 

Wild Fire

• Storm Prediction Center: Fires - NOAA
• Active Fire Mapping System - USDA
• Fish and Wildlife Fire Management
• National Interagency Fire Center
• California Fires - State Site
• Fire - US Forest Service
• Useful Fire Links - US Forest Service 
• Fires - UNEP

Winter Storm

• FEMA Winter Storms Factsheet 
• Winter News Online - NOAA 
• Tables of Wind Chill and Heat Index