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| Information about research into the causes of geological phenomena, focusing on geomagnetism, landslides, and earthquakes. Offers interactive maps, images, and data. | |
| Provides information about aviation accidents and stories related to air safety. Includes crash photographs and videos, eyewitness reports, full text of investigative reports, and a glossary of specific terms. Information can be searched by keyword and an accident notification service is available. | ||
| Articles on politics, religion, science, sport, cinema and the arts, wars, discoveries, adventures and disasters. | ||
| Collection of resources relating to the accident which destroyed the Challenger space shuttle on 28th January 1986. Resources cover a range of topics including engineering considerations, the cultural significance of the event, and the possibility of a similar accident occurring in the future. | ||
| Offers information relating to aviation safety with news stories, accident reports, MPEG video footage, photographs, and safety statistics. Also provides a forum for discussion, and a selection of links to related resources. | ||
| Responsible for the gathering, processing, archiving, and dissemination of remotely sensed data for Canada. Offers information on CCRS research and development, a catalogue of satellite images, a bibliographic database of publications since 1971, instructions for ordering data, a remote sensing glossary and tutorials, and details of forthcoming events. | ||
| Extensive information about the R.M.S. Titanic. Includes passenger and crew lists with passenger lists divided alphabetically and crew lists divided into individual occupations; schematic deck plans of the ship; lifeboat details containing listings of passengers and crew that were saved and their biographies, animations and a detailed chronology. An index to related organisations, discussion groups, bibliographies, newspaper accounts, personal home pages and exhibitions is also included. | ||
| Collection of views of the Irish tragedy from the Illustrated London News, the Cork Examiner, the Pictorial Times, Punch and the narrative Oxford to Skibbereen. | ||
| Presents the full text of the US Government report into the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. | ||
| Summary of natural disasters including fires, earthquakes and transportation disasters, arranged by date. | ||
| Outlines the plight of the Irish during the 'Great Hunger' of 1845 to 1850, discussing the penal laws, racism, and mass evictions that led to the tragedy, and detailing mortality rates and emigration statistics and conditions. | ||
| EPIX is concerned with the prevention of, preparation for, and recovery from natural and socio technological disasters. Offers articles, research and training guides for topics including emergency communications, foreign animal diseases and volcanoes. Also includes links to related organisations and events worldwide, situation reports and natural hazard warnings. | ||
| Index of international links and mailing lists about disaster and emergency planning and operations. | ||
| Provides news on the damage to libraries and archives in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia, arising from flooding in the Autumn of 2002, and describes actions taken for disaster recovery. | ||
| A bibliographic database on research, programs, and results which relate to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation. A compilation of abstracted articles published since 1981 in relevant areas including: fires, eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, hurricanes, tsunami, avalanches | ||
| Resource offering details of disaster movies, including summary information about films such as Avalanche, Bees, Dante's Peak, Tidal Wave, Airport, Juggernaut and The Poseidon Adventure. Also provides details of actors and producers familiar to the disaster genre, a set of annotated links to related sites, information about the structure of disaster films, and suggestions as to why people like them. | ||
| Offers guidance on preparing for flood conditions in order to minimise loss and ensure safety. Features a postcode based system allowing users in England and Wales to view flood plain maps of their local area. | ||
| Set of documents about a nuclear accident which took place in the United States in 1979. Features include an overview of how a nuclear reactor operates, a Shockwave animation of what happened at Three Mile Island, a nuclear power timeline, brief biographies of key personalities, and a teacher's guide. | ||
| Full text final report of the official inquiry conducted by Lord Cullen into the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in October 1999, presented as a PDF file. | ||
| Annual report which analyses the humanitarian crises of the past, present and future and provides comprehensive analysis of the world's humanitarian crises, for disaster professionals and donors, politicians and planners, scientists and academics, journalists and community aid workers. | ||
| Information on disasters throughout the world, including oil spills, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, landslides, tornadoes, volcanoes, and cyclones. Provides links to classroom activities about pollution, snow, thunderstorms, hurricanes, droughts, and tsunamis. Also contains interactive games in which you can 'Crumble California', 'Unleash a Super Storm', or 'Destroy Life on Earth'. | ||
| Provides data on economic damage caused by hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes in the USA and its territories. Hurricane data covers 1900 1999, with data on floods, tornadoes, and lightning from the 1950s onwards. | ||
| Aims to strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian relief community through the timely dissemination of reliable information on prevention, preparedness and disaster response. Includes information on emergencies, and 'The Bulletin', a listing of new developments and major announcements. | ||
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