CBS NEWS Disaster Links

DISASTERS-COMPREHENSIVE

CBS News Interactive: N atural Disasters

US Government

Emergency Response and Recovery
USGS CINDI
USGS
USGS Hazards
NOAA Imagery
NGDC-Natural Hazards Databases
Pacific Disaster Center
Western Disaster Center
US Army Corps of Eng. Disaster Links
NASA-Terra Data Access
EPA Project EMPACT
EPA Environmental Emergencies

FEMA
FEMA Media Site
FEMA Disaster Map
How to Prepare for Disaster

FEMA: A Citizen's Guide to Preparedness
Dept. of Interior Natural Hazards

Business and Industry Guide for Emergency Management

Ready.Gov: Useful Sites

Other
ESRI-Hazards
Disasternews.net
Relief Web
CIESEN
Disastercenter
Disastercenter's Daily Report
Disasters.org

Environmental News Network

Global Health Disaster Network
Disaster Message Service
UN Int'l Disasters Page
Alertnet

Earthweek
Int'l Disaster Monitoring (Asia/Japan) ADRC: Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Two Tigers Online Disaster Resources

911guide

Emergency-Management.net

AIRPLANE DISASTERS
Air Disaster.com
Airline Safety.Com
AirSafe
Airliners.Net
AirNav
Airports
Air Safety Online
Aircraft Statistics
Air Travel: Live Traffic Control
CrewStart.Com
FAA
Landings.com
National Air Disaster Alliance
Plane Crash Info.Com
Plane Spotting Network
National Transportation Safety

Board (NTSB)
Tail Numbers

Flight Tracking Software

Airnavsystems
Flight Explorer

Flight View

Trip.com

Yahoo! Aviation News
Int'l Air Safety Boards
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
(Canada) Transportation Safety Board
(Ireland) Air Accident Investigation Unit
(New Zealand) Transport Accident Commission

AVALANCHE
Avalanche.org

Boulder Colorado Climate and Weather Data

Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center

Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center

BIOLOGICAL & CHEMICAL WEAPONS/CONTAMINATION

CBS News Interactive: Biological / Chemical Weapons

General

(DHS) Weapons of Mass Destruction

Ready.Gov: Preparing for Terrorism

Red Cross: Dealing with Unexpected Disasters

RTNDA: Bioterror Resources (for Journalists)

CDC: Emergency Preparedness

CDC: List of Toxins

US Army: Bio/Chem Agent Tables

CIA Chem/Bio/Radiation Handbook

HHS: Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

USPS: Security of the Mail

Emedicine: Biological Weapons

FAQs: Personal Protection on Chemical/Biological Threat

Stimson Center's Chem and Bio Weapons Project

Surviving Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Terrorism

UPMC Center for Biosecurity

Sandia National Labs Center for Civil Force Protection

PBS Frontline: Plague War

World Health Organization

NIH Toxnet: Toxicology Database
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)

Virtual Flight Surgeons

US Navy: Documents on Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Terror

Biological

Ready.Gov: Biological Threat

DHS: Biological Weapons Fact Sheet

NIH Biodefense

CDC - Bioterrorism

Stanford Hospital Bioterrorism Web-Resources for Physicians

FDA: Bioterrorism Information

FDA: Countering Bioterrorism

FTC: Biological Threats: What You Need to Know
HHS: Public Health Emergencies
911guide

Anthrax

CBS News Interactive: A nthrax

Anthrax/Bioterror:Web Portal

FDA: Anthrax Vaccine

UPMC: Anthrax

Univ. of Wisconsin Lecture: Anthrax

World Anthrax Data Site

JAMA: Anthrax as a Biological Weapon

Botulism

JAMA: Botulinum as a Biological Weapon

Brucellosis

Ebola

Glanders

Melioidosis

emedicine:Glanders and Melioidosis

Mycotoxin (T2 or "Yellow Rain")

Plague

JAMA: Plague as a Weapon

Ricin

Smallpox

Tularemia

JAMA: Tularemia as a Biological Weapon

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

CDC:Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

UPMC: VHF

MCW:VHF

Chemical

Ready.Gov: Chemical Threat

CBIAC: Chem-Bio Defense Info

CDC: Chemical Agents

CIA: Chem/Bio/Radiological Incident Handbook

DHS: Chemical Weapons Fact Sheet

EPA:Chemical Emergency Preparedness

EPA Environmental Emergencies
EPA Chem Emergency

911guide

Emergency Room Procedures in Chemical Hazards

Hazard Emergencies
Managing Hazardous Material Incidents
Lewisite

Mustard Gas

Sarin

Soman (GD)

Tabun (GA)

Radiological & Nuclear

CBS News Interactive: N uclear Disasters

CBS News Interactive: N uclear Threat

Ready.Gov: Nuclear Blast

Ready.Gov: Radiation Threat

DHS: Radiological Dispersion Devices

CDC: Radiological Weapons

CDI: Nuclear Terror

CIA: Chem/Bio/Radiological Incident Handbook

EPA: Radiation Protection Basics

FAS: Nuclear Terror

NCI: Nuclear Control Institute

NCI: Nuclear Terror

Nuclear Incident Response (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)

Oak Ridge: Radiation Emergency Assistance Center

State Dept. Bureau Of Nonproliferation

Terrorism Answers: Dirty Bomb

Toxic Spills

Chem-Bio.com

Chemical Transportation Emergency Center

Chemical Spill.org
US Chemical Safety Investigation Board
Chemical Incidents Reports Center
EPA Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
EPA Superfund Emergency Response Team
EPA Environmental Response Center

Other WMD Links

Ready.Gov: Explosions

Consequence Management Interoperability (CMI): Interagency Effort on WMD

CYBER CRIME AND COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE

CBS News Interactive: Cyber Crime

CBS News Interactive: PC Perils

Cyber Criminals Most Wanted

DHS: Critical Information Protection

DOD Information Assurance Technology

DOE Computer Incident Advisory

Federal Agency Computer Security Practices

FIRST Computer Security Response Teams

McAfee.com

NIST: Computer System Security

First Gov: Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud
SANS

Secret Service: Critical Systems Protection
Secret Service: Cyber Threat Reporting
Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Investigations

White House: Strategy to Secure Cyberspace

DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS

(HAM RADIO LINKS)

American Radio Relay League

Amateur Radio Disaster Service

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)

Salvation Army: SATERN Disaster Communications

DISASTER EDUCATION
NOAA: Natural Hazards Data
Natural Hazards Center at Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

Disaster Recovery Journal Article Search
Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware
CDC Disaster Prevention Guides
IBHS: Institute for Business and Home Safety (Insurance Industry)
Natural Hazards.org

North American Emergency Management: Training
Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver, 'EPIX' Disaster Information
Virginia Cooperative Extension Program: "After a Disaster" Publications
Texas Agriculture Extension Program Hazards

DISASTER IMAGERY

US Government

NOAA Environmental Visualization

Commercial Satellites

DISASTER MONITORING

SOFTWARE & NOTIFICATION
AWS WeatherBug

Emergencyemail.org
Eye of the Storm Hurricane Tracker
Wetsock Weather Monitor
CBS News Seismic Monitor: "Seisvole.exe" by Dr. Alan Jones

DISEASE

AIDS

AIDS.org

Hopkins:AIDS

Avian Flu

CBS News Interactive: Bird Flu Soars

CDC: Avian Flu (Bird Flu)

WHO: Avian Flu

Cancer

CBS News Interactive: Cancer

American Cancer Society
Cancer.gov

Cancer Care
OncoLink

Flu

CBS News Interactive: Fighting Flu

CDC: Flu

Mad Cow Disease

CBS News Interactive: Mad Cow Disease

FDA: BSE (Mad Cow)

SARS

CDC: SARS

Corda: Interactive SARS Map

Poynter Institute: SARS Resources

WHO: Int'l SARS site

West Nile Virus

CBS News Interactive: W est Nile -- In Their Blood

DROUGHT
USGS Water Use
UNL Drought Monitor
UNL Drought Monitor Current Conditions
National Drought Mitigation Center
USDA Drought Reports
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOAA's Drought Info

Earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES

CBS News Interactive: Ground Shakers

USGS Sites
Earthquake Hazard Program
National Earthquake Info Center
Geologic Hazard Program
Western States Fault Maps
National Seismic Hazard Mapping
This Dynamic Earth
The San Andreas Fault
Earth's Crust
Earthquakes
Latest Earthquake Info
Listening to Earthquakes
More on Earthquakes
USGS: World Earthquake Map

NEIC:General Info
Recent CA Earthquakes
Hazards Preparedness
What's New
Northern Calif. EQ Potential
EQ Home Page
Earthquake Info

Other Earthquake Sites
IRIS: Seismic Monitor

Seismowatch
EQnet

U. Wash.: Earthquake Hazards in Washington and Oregon
UC Santa Barbara: Quake
Caltech Seismic Lab
SC EQ Data Center: General Info
UC Berkeley Seismic Lab
UC Berkeley Seismic FAQ
SF Bay Quakes: Images
QuakeView
Cascadia Quakes: CREW.org
Seismo-surfing the Internet
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

EL NINO- LA NINA

CBS News Interactive: E l Nino & La Nina

NOAA

NOAA
Climate Diagnostic Center

Climate Prediction Center

El Niño-Southern Oscillation
El Niño Research, Forecasts and Observations
La Niña page
Atlantic Oceanographic Lab
Other
NASA: JPL: El Niño from Space
NOVA:Tracking El Nino
Whyfiles: El Nino for Kids

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

FEMA
NOAA Websites - Emergency Info
DisAbility.Gov: Emergency Prep. for People with Special Needs

FLOODS

CBS News Interactive: F loods & Droughts

CBS News Interactive: T hreatened Rivers
NOAA

Flood Images
Flood Events
Floods:South East US
USGS
Flood Info
Streamflow Conditions
Water Condition Animations
National Water Conditions
US Water Resources
Significant US Flood History
Water Use
Real-Time Water Data
Other

FEMA: Flood Hazard Mapping
EarthSat's US Flood Threat Map
One of the Worst Floods in US History
Coping with Floods

North Carolina Flood Maps
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

HEAT
NOAA Climate Prediction Center Excessive Heat
Wind Chill and Heat Index

Hurricanes

HURRICANES

CBS News Interactive: Eye of the Storm: Understanding Hurricanes

CBS News Interactive: Hurricanes-- Storm Tracker

CBS News Interactive: Hurricane Rita

NOAA Links
Hurricanes

NHC: Hurricane Awareness

NOAA Home PAge

Tropical Prediction Center
Cyclones
Tropical Forecast
Satellite Imagery
Past Hurricanes
NOAA's Hurricane Hunters
Other Links
More NOAA Websites
OSEI:Imagery
GOES: Satellites
Hurricane Season 2000
NWS Miami Region
Atlantic Oceanographic Lab
Hurricane FAQ
National Climatic Data Center: Weather Data Archive
Hurricane Research
NSSL Hurricane Info
Hurricane Info & Links
NWS Album "Meteorological Monsters"

Other Links
Hurrwarn
Hurricanetrack
Lowe's Storm2000 Hurricane Central
The Weather Channel
Pacific Disaster Center
Intellicast: Tropical Weather
FEMA: Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watch
FEMA: Hurricanes
FEMA:Tropical Storm and Hurricanes
NASA:Tropical Storm Wind Overlays
Florida Today Hurricane 2000
American Red Cross: Hurricanes
WeatherNet Tropical Weather
WeatherNet
Disastercenter.com
Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
CIMSS Tropical Cyclones
New Orleans Hurricanes

Meteorology
Miami University(Ohio): Hurricane Links
Startingpoint
Brockport Univ.: Hurricane
Orlando Sentinel Hurricane
Ohio State: Severe Text
Hawaii: Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones
Other Links
Hurricanes Online Meteorology
Terrapin: Tropical Storm Tracking
USA TODAY
AWS Hurricane Net
NC Storm Surge
NC Hurricane Coverage
S.W. Florida Hurricane Resources
Storm Carib
53rd Weather Recon Squadron: Hurricane Hunters

ICEBERGS
NOAA National Ice Center
NASA: JPL: Icebergs

NSIDC: Antarctic Ice Shelves

INTERNATIONAL DISASTERS

CDC: Foreign Travel Advisories

Alertnet

WHO-Belgium: Int'l Disaster Database
World Bank Disaster Management
Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN)
Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels
UN: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UN: Relief Web
UN: Directory of Disaster Reduction
International Weatherlinks
(Canada) Emergency Preparedness
(Canada) Safeguard
Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver, "EPIX" List of International Disaster Relief Agencies
Desastres.Net
Desastres.Net (More)
Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
PAHO Disasters Site
Latin American Disaster Information Center (CRID)

Response Agency (CDERA)
OAS Natural Hazards Project
(Turkey) Middle East Technical University Disaster Management
(Asia/Japan) ADRC: Asian Disaster Reduction Center
(Japan) Earthquake Research Institute
(Japan) Institute Studying Disasters
(Japan) National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
(Asia/Thailand) Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
(Australia) Natural Hazards Research Center

(New Zealand) Office of Civil Defense

Refugees

Amnesty Intl: Refugees

International Rescue Committee

Refugees International

LANDSLIDES
USGS: Landslides
USGS: More Landslides

Lightning

LIGHTNING
NSSL Research Topics - Lightning

Lightningstorm:National Map

OCEANS: MARINE WEATHER, IMAGERY, AND DATA

NOAA
Sustainable Seas
National Data Buoy Center

Coastwatch
Oceanic Data Center
Ocean Images
Ocean Surface Winds
Oceans
Other
NASA: Seawifs
NASA: Daily Seawind Animations
USCG: Storm Center
US Navy: Oceans
Japan: TRMM Sea Surface Temperature

OILSPILLS

EPA Oil Spills
US Gov't Oil Spill Incident News Site
EPA Superfund Emergency
EPA Oil Spill Response Guide
NOAA: Oil Spills Aids
NOAA: Oil Spills Response and Restoration
NOAA: Restoring Resources Lost in Oil Spills
US Coast Guard
USCG: National Response Center
USCG: National Pollution Funds Center

RELIEF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

American Red Cross

America's Second Harvest
Catholic Relief Services
Church World Service
Disaster News Network
Emergency Response Program
Habitat for Humanity
Humane Society
Interaction.org
International Red Cross
Mennonite Disaster Service
National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)
Salvation Army
Action Against Hunger

American Red Cross (via Amazon)

American Jewish World Service

BAPS Care International

CARE

Direct Relief International

GOAL

Habitat for Humanity International

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

Islamic Relief Worldwide

World Food Programme (UN)

SEVERE WEATHER

US Government Links

NWS Severe Weather Awareness
NOAA National Warnings Area
NCDC Climatic Extremes and Weather Events
NOAA: GOES Satellite Server
NOAA:NWS
NESDIS
NWS File Server Access
U Mich Weather WeatherSites
NASA-EOS Data NASA-Gateway Data Search and Order
NOAA- National Climatic Data Center

NOAA Climate Prediction Center

NOAA Newspage
NOAA
NWS Forecasts: NY, NJ and Conn.
NWS Watches and Warnings
NOAA Storm Prediction Center NOAA Storm Prediction Center Watch, Warning and Advisory Display
NOAA-Interactive Weather Information Network

Other Links
AccuWeather.com

AMS- American Meteorological Society
AWS Automated Weather Source

Intellicast

TV Weather.Com

Universal Weather - Local Forecast
Universal Weather - U.S. Radar with Tops and Movement
Washington Post Weather

Weatherbug: Severe Weather Alerts
Weatherguys
Weather Channel

Weather Channel: Project Safeside

Weather Channel - Current U.S. Weather

Weather Underground

Weatherlinks
World Meteorological Organization (Switzerland)

WxUSA

STATE DISASTER AGENCIES

Homeland Security: State Emergency Services
Homeland Security: State Contact Map

Emergency Management: State Map

FDA: State Health Agencies

State by State

California: Emergency Digital Information

South Carolina
South Dakota

Tennessee
Texas
Texas Dept. of Health

Space Weather

SPACE WEATHER

NOAA Space Weather Now
NOAA Today's Space Weather
Lund Space Weather Center
National Academy of Sciences: Space Weather Links

NASA SpaceScience.com

NASA Spacelink Hot Topics

Univ of Arizona Spacewatch

SOHO Solar Observatory

Spaceweather Today

Spacenews Solar Weather

Rice Univ. Space Weather Resources

Michigan Tech: Auroras

UNH: Experimental Space Plasma Group

TERRORISM

CBS News Interactive: A merica On Guard

DHS Homeland Security

EPA: Protecting the Water Supply

FBI

FBI: To Report Terrorist Activity

Federal Consumer Information Center: Coping With Crisis

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMA Terrorism Facts

White House: America’s War on Terrorism

Monterey Institute: Center for Non-Proliferation Studies: Terror

Pentagon

State Dept: Terrorism Info

SITE Institute

Terrorism.com

Preparing for Terrorism

FEMA: Incident Planning Guidelines

FEMA Terrorism Facts

Homeland Security: Primer on Terrorism

Israeli Resources to Surviving Terrorist Attacks
Red Cross:Terrorism - Preparing for the Unexpected

Monitoring Terror

NewsLab: Resources for Journalists Covering Terrorism

Terrorism Time Line: 1993-2003

Terrorism Questions and Answers

Debka.Com

GAO Report on FEMA's Preparedness to Combating Terror Attacks

Advice on Talking to Children about Disasters

FEMA: Kids

Helping Children After a Disaster

Purdue Univ: "Terrorism and Children"

CDC: Children and Terrorism

Mental Health.com: Acute Stress Disorder

NY State: Age-Related Reactions of Children to Disasters

Child Trauma

Coping With a National Tragedy

NEA: C risis Communications Guide & Toolkit

Guide to Children's Grief

NIMH: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters

APA: M anaging Traumatic Stress:
Tips for Recovering From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events

Trauma Information Pages

TORNADOES

CBS News Interactive: Funnels Of Fury

CBS News Photo Essay: I n Twisters' Path

NOAA
National Severe Storms Laboratory
NSSL Educational Information
NSSL - RealTime MM5
NSSL Tornado Information
NSSL Research Topics - Tornadoes
NORA Storm Pred. Ctr. Monthly Stats
Tornadoes FAQs
Climatological Data
Tornadoes
Highway Underpasses Safe in Tornadoes?
Facts About Tornadoes
Storm Prediction Center
Storm Pred. Center Watch & Warnings
NWS- Warnings & Forecasts
NWS-Tornados Norman, Oklahoma
NSSL-NWS Tornado-
Quest Series VORTEX

Other Tornado Links
VORTEX Case Studies

Pacific Northwest MM5 Mesoscale Numerical Forecasts 36-12-4 km domains
"Twister" Intensity
"Twister" Glossary
Tornadoproject.com
FEMA Tornado Facts
Weather Channel - Severe Weather Alerts
Texas A&M Meteorology Convective Forecast Center

TSUNAMIS

CBS News Interactive: Tsunami

CBS News Video Archive: Tsunami

CBS News Photo Essay: Tsunami

NOAA Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning
Tsunami and Earthquake Links
Pacific Disaster Center
NGDC: Tsunami Data
USC Tsunami Research
Tsunami Information Resource
Tsunami Forecast Offices
Pacific Tsunami Museum
(UK) Tsunami Risks Project

Wikipedia: Tsunami

USGS: Tsunamis & Earthquakes

TYPHOONS
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Hong Kong Tropical Cyclone Observations
Supertyphoon.com

Volcanoes

VOLCANOES

CBS News Interactive: Volcano!

USGS
USGS Search
Volcano Observatories
Long Valley Home Page

Hawaii Volcano Watch

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Alaska Volcano Observatory
Cascades Volcano Observatory
Volcano Theme Page
Volcano Monitoring

Other
Current Volcanic Activity
Volcano World
AU Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory
Batur Volcano, Indonesia
Observatiores Volcanologiques (en Francais)
Taal Volcano
Vesuvius
Jason Project Field Trips on Volcanoes (and much more!) NASA EOS IDS Volcanology
Volcano Information Center
Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program
Karymsky, Kamchatka
Volcanoes in Victoria, Australia
NOAA Vents Program
Volcano Database Search
USGS Volcano Hazards

WEATHER MAPS AND CHARTS

NWS Fax Charts
Marine Charts

WILD FIRES

CBS News Interactive: Wildfires

CBS News Photo Essay: California Wildfires

CBS News Video Archive: California Wildfires

NOAA
Current NOAA Imagery

Fire Danger Map

Automated Fire Mapping System
Fire Weather Information Center
Fire Detection Around The World
Storm Prediction Center: Fires
Covering Florida Fires

Other US Government

USDA Active Fire Mapping System
MODIS Fire Imagery

USGS: Western Wildfires
USGS: Wildfire Research

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fire Management

National Interagency Fire Center
NIFC National Fire News
Wildland Fire Assessment
Calif Fires
Bureau of Land M'gmt
Florida Division of Forestry
National Park Service
InfoZone
Forest Service: Fire
Forest Service: Other Fire Links
The Natural Role of Fire
Montana Fires
Other US Wildfire Sites

UCSB Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center
Firewise
Firehouse
Wildfire Images
Florida Today: Special Report
History of Wildfires

Wildfire News

American Red Cross: WildFires
Wildlandfire:"They Said"
International Wildfires

Fireglobe
Fireglobe:Current
UNEP:Fires
World Fire Web
Machu Picchu International Fire Protection Project

WIND CHILL

Tables of Wind Chill and Heat Index

WINTER STORMS

FEMA Winter Storms Factsheet

FEMA Winter Storm Update Center
NOAA News Online