This list is under construction. Date of last update is 6 April 2000.

Hazard Site Links

General Disaster Charcteristics, History, and Current Events

links to sites that provide information on multiple types of disasters or that focus on current disaster events

Hazards - Earthquakes

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Volcanoes

Hazards - Tsunami

research and operational sites with information on current and historic seismically generated sea waves and their impacts

Hazards - Hurricanes and Typhoons

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Tornadoes

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Flooding

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Avalanches

includes sites with avalanche historical data and current reports of snow conditions and avalanche hazard

Hazards - Slides, Slips, and Soil Movement:

includes sites describing earth and rock landslide, landslip, and soil movement events (snow slides are covered under the Hazards - Avalanche page)

Hazards - Wildland Fires

sites that provide information on current and past wildland fires and on wildland firefighting organization and resources

Hazards - Asteroids and Comets:

includes sites summarizing potential threats posed to earth by asteroids, comets, and other space based events

Hazards - Infrastructure Failure: Bridge Collapse

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Infrastructure Failure: Dam Breach

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Infrastructure Failure: Nuclear Power Plants

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Hazardous Materials:

operational and reference sites

Hazards - Terrorism

Hazards - Nuclear Attack and Weapons of Mass Destruction:

information on characteristics of nuclear attacks, technical characteristics of weapons of mass destruction, the design and effectiveness of defenses, and Civil Defense programs and organizations

Hazards - Mass Extinctions:

provides a variety of theoretical approaches to mass extinctions of species in Earth's history along with supporting arguments

Transportation Accidents: Aviation

reference sites on aviation accidents and disasters, including general aviation safety, specific accidents, specific aircraft, and conspiracy theories on air disasters

Transportation Accidents: Maritime

reference sites including databases on maritime accidents and specific informtaion on the history and present condition of a variety of shipwrecks

Transportation Accidents: Railroad

reference sites including extensive images, descriptions of individual incidents, and databases of railway accidents

Transportation Accidents: Pipeline

operational and reference sites

Outcomes - Refugees:

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