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Science > Earth Sciences > Natural Disasters and Hazards

	A Procedure to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Two Watch Warning Systems Notes from this workshop on the effectiveness of heat related health watch systems. http://www.udel.edu/SynClim/noaa.htm
	American Experience: Fatal Flood Companion site to the PBS documentary about the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. Includes timeline, maps, profiles of people and events, teacher's guide, and info about the film. http://www.pbs.org/amex/flood/
	CBS News Disaster Links Information about a variety of manmade and natural disaster-related websites. Quick reference and access to realtime data. http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml
	Cyclone of 1896 St. Louis, Missouri Photographic views of damage caused by cyclone of May 27, 1896. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9537/cyclone.html
	Disaster Research Center Online publications, data, bibliographies, and other information relevant to the sociology of disasters. http://www.udel.edu/DRC/
	FEMA: United States Earthquakes Maps and statistics from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/usquakes.shtm
	Forces of Nature Educational information about natural phenomena and different natural disasters. Includes information about the causes of disasters as well as lists of the worst recorded type of each disaster. http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/
	HazNet Provides information on coastal natural hazards (such as hurricanes and shoreline erosion), hazard planning, and things that can be done to reduce personal and economic losses. From U.S. National Sea Grant College Program. http://www.haznet.org/
	National Climatic Data Center Severe weather records and natural disaster links. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/weather-events.html