Natural Hazards:
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www.wmo.int
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized
agency of the United Nations. WMO’s Disaster Risk Reduction
activities are integrated and coordinated with other international,
regional and national organizations. WMO coordinates the efforts of
NMHSs to mitigate human and property losses through improved
forecast services and early warnings, as well as risk assessments, and
to raise public awareness.
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severe.worldweather.wmo.int
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World Meteorological Organization Severe Weather
Information Centre is website based on advisories issued by Regional
Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs) and Tropical Cyclone
Warning Centres (TCWCs), and official warnings issued by National
Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) for their
respective countries or regions.
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www.wmo.int
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Tropical Cyclone Programme is a part of WMO's Weather and
Disaster Risk Reduction Services Department tasked to establish
national and regionally coordinated systems to ensure that the loss of
life and damage caused by tropical cyclones are reduced to a
minimum. Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones.
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www.ngdc.noaa.gov
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NOAA. National Geophysical Data Center plays a major role in
post-event data collection. Also assists in the detection, location, and
evaluation of the extent of certain hazards using satellite data. The
types of hazards detected using the Defense Meteorological Satellite
include fires, floods, hurricanes, and cyclones.
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www.whoi.edu
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Information on Natural
Hazards; Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Storms.
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www.ldeo.columbia.edu
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Columbia University. Center For Hazards and Risk Research.
Natural Disaster Hotspots.
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iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu
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North American Drought Atlas is a history of Meteorological
Drought Reconstructed from 835 Tree-Ring Chronologies. Columbia
University.
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Ozone Hole: See Air page for much more...
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www.sciam.com
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Scientific American. Mending the Ozone Hole May Benefit
Climate Change Efforts. Repairing a giant breach in the stratosphere
could also help slow global warming. By David Biello May 2008.
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