Natural Disasters and Hazards

• Disaster Relief and Recovery@
• Education and Research

• News and Media
• Preparedness

• Avalanches@
• Drought@
• Earthquakes@
• El_Niño_and_La_Niña@
• Floods@
• Hail@
• Hurricanes@

• Landslides@
• Thunderstorms and Lightning@
• Tsunamis@
• Volcanoes@
• Wildfires@
• Wind@

• Society: Future: Catastrophes 
• Society: History: By Topic: Disasters 
• Business: Business to Business: Corporate Services: Fire and Security: Emergency Management 
• Science: Earth Sciences: Geology: Geologic Hazards 
• Kids and Teens: Science and Math: Science: The Earth: Natural Disasters 
• Science: Environment: Energy: Petroleum in the Environment: Oil Spills 

• CBS News Disaster Links  - Contains updates and links to various resources focused on weather disasters worldwide.
• Crisis Wiki  - Public edited database of news sources, government agencies, and non-government relief organizations that are active in emergencies.
• Disaster Research Center  - Social science unit dedicated to studying various disasters worldwide.
• HAZnet.org  - Information about Sea Grant; its research, outreach, education and hazard classification.
• International Charter Space and Major Disasters  - An international association of national space agencies that provides a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Describes the scheme and its history, with a listing of activations.
• National Disaster Management  - Contains disaster management and planning information, research and development, projects, committee and documents.
• National Geophysical Data Center: Natural Hazards Data, Images and Education  - Archives and assimilates tsunami, earthquake and volcano data to support research, planning, response, and mitigation.
• NaturalHazards.org  - Educational, scientific, and nonprofit organization showcasing a wide range of information to improve understanding of natural hazards.
• NCDC - Worldwide Weather and Climate Events  - Contains data pertaining to recent and previous weather events. Storm updates included.
• ReliefWeb - Countries and Emergencies  - Presents a listing of countries and its experienced disasters and emergencies.
• Sahana Foundation  - Provides a free and open source disaster management system, with a range of collaboration tools; includes a guide to its capabilities, case histories of its use, and contacts.
• Societal Impacts and Assessment  - Featuring research applications for addressing societal impacts of weather and climate variations.
• Urban Survival Tools  - Houses line of survival and emergency kits and supplies. With preparation information, corporate orders and contact numbers.