Natural Disasters

Cyclone / Hurricane/Typhoon Links
Australian Severe Weather - Tropical Cyclones	How Stuff Works - Hurricane
EMA for Schools - Cyclone	FEMA - Hurricane
Hurricane: Storm Science

Tornado Links
Discovery Channel - Tornado	How Stuff Works - Tornado
Tornado Project Online	Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (UK)
FEMA - Tornado	Where is Tornado Alley? Tornado Chasers

Blizzard Links
US Search and Rescue Task Force - Blizzards	Recipe for a blizzard
Blizzards & Winter Weather

Storm/Hail/Lightning Links
Australian Bureau of Meteorology	BBC Weather Centre - Lightning and Thunder
	BBC Weather Centre - Hail

Flood Links
FEMA - Floods	EMA for Schools - Floods
Warnings and Forecasts	Victorian Flood Warning Centre

Drought Links
National Drought Mitigation Center (US)	Discovery Channel - Drought
EMA for Schools - Heat Wave

Bushfire Links
Australian Severe Weather - Bushfire	1994 Sydney Bushfires
NSW Bushfire	EMA for Schools - Bushfire
FEMA -Fire	Victorian SES Bushfire - Bushfire Action Guide

Climate Change


El Nino Links
El Nino	How El Nino affects Australian Wildlife

General Disaster Sites
FEMA for Kids - Disaster Zone (US)	Disaster Relief
Natural Hazards	Bureau of Meteorology
Epicenter	CSIRO WeatherWall
Earth Observatory - Natural Hazards	Discovery Channel Natural Disasters
Miami State High School Disaster Links	Emergency Management Australia
NASA Disaster Finder	State of the World's Children 2005

Volcano Links
Volcano World	Smithsonian Institute - Global Volcanism Project
How Stuff Works - Volcano	Savage Earth: Volcano
Discover Our Earth - Volcanoes	FEMA - Volcano
Mauna Loa - One of the Decade Volcanoes	Michigan Technological University - Volcanoes
An Internet Surf Trip to Active = Sites	EMA for Schools - Volcano

Earthquake Links
How Stuff Works - Earthquake	Plate Tectonics
Life Along The Faultline	The World-Wide Earthquake Locator
Discover Our Earth - Earthquakes	Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Savage Earth: The Restless Planet	National Earthquake Information Centre
EMA for Schools - Earthquake	FEMA - Earthquake
USGS Earthquakes for Kids & Grownups	San Francisco Earthquakes 1906 & 1989

Tsunami (Tidal Wave) Links
Savage Earth: Tsunamis	How Stuff Works - Tsunami
FEMA - Tsunami	WWW Tsunami Information Resource
EMA for Schools - Tsunami	How the Boxing Day Tsunami changed coastlines

Avalanche / Landslide Links
FEMA - Landslides	The Avalanche Center
EMA for Schools - Landslide

Disease Links
Natural History of Disease	American Museum of Natural History Exhibition
Epidemic - A Fred Friendly Seminar	How Stuff Works - AIDS
How Stuff Works - How Mosquitoes Spread Disease	BBC - Smallpox: eradicating the scourge

Animal Plague Links
Feral Animals	Feral Animals in Australia
About locusts in Australia

Meteor Impact
NASA Meteor Impact Hazard	Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts
Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts

Famine
World Food Day 2004	Interpreting The Irish Famine, 1846-1850
The Hunger Site	Ukrainian Famine

General Disaster Sites