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Earth Science: Natural Disasters

Global Disaster Watch - Warnings and updates for drought, earthquakes, flooding, hurricanes, landslides, meteor showers, severe weather warnings, solar flares, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, plus disaster archives and record-breaking disasters.

The EarthForce Website - Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunami, Avalanches

Grade 7 Natural Disaster projects - Simple pages made by students, for students. Disasters include: Slope Failure, Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcano, Drought, Flood, Hurricane, Blizzard, Tornado, Wildfire

WWW linkYahoo Kids list of environmental disaster links

Drought information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Drought Mitigation Center

FEMA Hazards page

Earthquake Preparedness on the USGS web site.


Disaster Brochures, Fact Sheets and plans from FEMA

Disaster brochures from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service:


CINDI - Center for Integration of National Disaster Information

The Red Cross

Disaster Relief foundation