Sites:
| Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany: Georisk and Geohazards: About ongoing research in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, glacial lake outbursts, mud flows, mud volcanism and sudden land subsidence. | | Geologic Hazards: US Geological Survey resources on hazards related to earthquakes, landslides, and geomagnetism. | | Global Disaster Watch: Current worldwide natural disaster warnings and updates - volcanoes, flooding, landslides, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis / tidal waves, meteor showers and solar flares, wildfires, severe weather warnings, disaster archives, record-breaking disasters and earth games. | | International Working Group on Urban Geology: An information center on geology and geologic hazards in urban planning and management. Includes case studies. Users are invited to contribute. [May not display properly in all browsers.] | | Mitigating the Danger at Lake Nyos: History of the 1986 disaster at Lake Nyos and details of a French plan to mitigate the effect of future disasters through degassing. | | Natural Hazards Databases at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC): Natural Hazards data and educational information including earthquake, tsunami, and stress data | | Savage Earth: Web companion to the PBS show, produced by New York's WNET, on natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Includes detailed animations, QuickTime movies, survivors' stories, and links. | | The Natural Hazards Center: Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Information on human adaptation to disaster. | | The Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at University of Geneva: Research and training programs on volcanic and seismic hazards and their mitigation, as well as disaster response. | | USGS -- Hazards Theme: Public-education gateway to U.S. Geologic Survey information on hazards. |
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