CBS News Disaster Links
CBS NEWS DISASTER LINKS contains updated websites for quick reference. Please email Dan Dubno at CBS News Special Events if there is an important link omitted or if a link is broken.
 

DISASTERS-COMPREHENSIVE

CBS News Interactive: Natural Disasters

US Government

Office of Homeland Security

DHS Disaster Help

Emergency Planning and Prevention

Emergency Response and Recovery
USGS CINDI
USGS
USGS Hazards
NOAA Imagery
NGDC-Natural Hazards Databases
Pacific Disaster Center
Western Disaster Center
US Army Corps of Eng. Disaster Links
NASA-Terra Data Access
EPA Project EMPACT
EPA Environmental Emergencies

FEMA
FEMA Media Site
FEMA Disaster Map
How to Prepare for Disaster

FEMA: A Citizen's Guide to Preparedness
Dept. of Interior Natural Hazards

Business and Industry Guide for Emergency Management

Ready.Gov: Useful Sites

 

Other
ESRI-Hazards
Disasterrelief.org
Relief Web
Incident.com Events Map
CIESEN
Disastercenter
Disastercenter's Daily Report
Disasters.org

Environmental News Network

Global Health Disaster Network
Disaster Message Service
UN Int'l Disasters Page
Alertnet

Earthweek
Int'l Disaster Monitoring (Asia/Japan) ADRC: Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Two Tigers Online Disaster Resources

911guide

Emergency-Management.net

 

 

AIRPLANE DISASTERS
Air Disaster.com
Airline Safety.Com
AirSafe
Airliners.Net
AirNav
Airports
Air Safety Online
Aircraft Statistics
Air Travel: Live Traffic Control
CrewStart.Com
FAA
Landings.com
National Air Disaster Alliance
Plane Crash Info.Com
Plane Spotting Network
National Transportation Safety

Board (NTSB)
Tail Numbers

Flight Tracking Software

Airnavsystems
Flight Explorer

Flight View

Trip.com

Yahoo! Aviation News
Int'l Air Safety Boards
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
(Canada) Transportation Safety Board
(Ireland) Air Accident Investigation Unit
(New Zealand) Transport Accident Commission

 

AVALANCHE
Avalanche.org

Avalanche Danger Scale

Boulder Colorado Climate and Weather Data

Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center

Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center

 

BIOLOGICAL & CHEMICAL WEAPONS/CONTAMINATION

CBS News Interactive: Biological / Chemical Weapons

General

(DHS) Weapons of Mass Destruction

Ready.Gov: Preparing for Terrorism

Red Cross: Dealing with Unexpected Disasters

RTNDA: Bioterror Resources (for Journalists)

CDC: Emergency Preparedness

CDC: List of Toxins

Homeland Defense: Bio/Chem Agent Tables

CIA Chem/Bio/Radiation Handbook

HHS: Toxic Substances and Disease Registry   

USPS: Security of the Mail

Emedicine: Biological Weapons

FAQs: Personal Protection on Chemical/Biological Threat

Stimson Center's Chem and Bio Weapons Project

Army: Resources to Insure Domestic Preparedness

Surviving Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Terrorism

UPMC Center for Biosecurity

Sandia National Labs Center for Civil Force Protection

PBS Frontline: Plague War

World Health Organization

NIH Toxnet: Toxicology Database
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)

Virtual Flight Surgeons

US Army: Homeland Defense: Chem/Bio Weapons

US Navy: Documents on Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Terror

 

Biological

Ready.Gov: Biological Threat

DHS: Biological Weapons Fact Sheet

NIH Biodefense   

CDC - Bioterrorism  

Stanford Hospital Bioterrorism Web-Resources for Physicians

FDA: Bioterrorism Information

FDA: Countering Bioterrorism  

FTC: Biological Threats: What You Need to Know
HHS: Public Health Emergencies
911guide

Anthrax

CBS News Interactive: Anthrax

ACP: Anthrax

CDC: Anthrax

DOD: Anthrax

EPA: Anthrax

FBI: Anthrax Attack

Anthrax/Bioterror:Web Portal

FDA: Anthrax Vaccine

UPMC: Anthrax

Univ. of Wisconsin Lecture: Anthrax

World Anthrax Data Site

JAMA: Anthrax as a Biological Weapon

Anthrax imagery

Anthrax (Espaņol)

Botulism

CDC: Botulism

UPMC: Botulism

JAMA: Botulinum as a Biological Weapon

Brucellosis

CDC: Brucellosis

Ebola

CDC: Ebola

WHO: Ebola

Glanders

CDC: Glanders

Melioidosis

CDC: Melioidosis

emedicine:Glanders and Melioidosis

Mycotoxin (T2 or "Yellow Rain")

nbc-med: Mycotoxins

Plague

ACP: Anthrax

CDC: Plague

UPMC: Plague

JAMA: Plague as a Weapon

Ricin

ACP: Ricin

CDC: Ricin

emedicine: Ricin

Smallpox

ACP: Smallpox

CDC: Smallpox

UPMC: Smallpox

JAMA: Smallpox

Tularemia

CDC: Tularemia

emedicine:Tularemia

UPMC: Tularemia

JAMA: Tularemia as a Biological Weapon

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

CDC:Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

UPMC: VHF

MCW:VHF

 

Chemical

Ready.Gov: Chemical Threat

CBIAC: Chem-Bio Defense Info

CDC: Chemical Agents

CIA: Chem/Bio/Radiological Incident Handbook

DHS: Chemical Weapons Fact Sheet

EPA:Chemical Emergency Preparedness

EPA Environmental Emergencies
EPA Chem Emergency

911guide

Emergency Room Procedures in Chemical

Guide to Bio & Chem Threat

Hazard Emergencies
Managing Hazardous Material Incidents
Responding to Bio & Chem Threat in the U.S.
Lewisite

CDC: Lewisite

Mustard Gas

CDC: Mustard Gas

Sarin

CDC: Sarin

EPA: Sarin

Soman (GD)

CDC: Soman

Tabun (GA)

CDC: Tabun

VX

CDC: VX

FEMA: VX

NATO Field Manual

 

Radiological & Nuclear

CBS News Interactive: Nuclear Disasters

CBS News Interactive: Nuclear Threat

Ready.Gov: Nuclear Blast

Ready.Gov: Radiation Threat

DHS: Radiological Dispersion Devices

CDC: Radiological Weapons

CDI: Nuclear Terror

CIA: Chem/Bio/Radiological Incident Handbook

EPA: Radiation Protection Basics

FAS: Nuclear Terror

NCI: Nuclear Control Institute

NCI: Nuclear Terror

Nuclear Incident Response (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)

Oak Ridge: Radiation Emergency Assistance Center

State Dept. Bureau Of Nonproliferation

Terrorism Answers: Dirty Bomb

 

Toxic Spills

Chem-Bio.com

Chemical Transportation Emergency Center

Chemical Spill.org
US Chemical Safety Investigation Board
Chemical Incidents Reports Center
EPA Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
EPA Superfund Emergency Response Team
EPA Environmental Response Center

Other WMD Links

Ready.Gov: Explosions

Consequence Management Interoperability (CMI): Interagency Effort on WMD

CYBER CRIME AND COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE

CBS News Interactive: Cyber Crime

CBS News Interactive: PC Perils

Cyber Criminals Most Wanted

Commerce Dept: Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office

Customs: Cyber Smuggling Facts

DOD Information Assurance Technology

DOE Computer Incident Advisory

DOJ "JUSTNET" Center for Civil Force Protection  

DOJ Computer Crime and Intellectual Property

Federal Agency Computer Security Practices

FIRST Computer Security Response Teams

FTS: Cybersecurity

GSA Cybersecurity Library

McAfee.com

NIPC National Infrastructure Protection Center

NIST: Computer System Security

NSA Security Recommendation Guides

First Gov: Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud
SANS

Secret Service: Critical Systems Protection
Secret Service: Cyber Threat Reporting
Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Investigations

White House: Strategy to Secure Cyberspace

 

DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS

(HAM RADIO LINKS)

American Radio Relay League

Amateur Radio Disaster Service

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)

Salvation Army: SATERN Disaster Communications

 

DISASTER EDUCATION
NOAA: Science Benefiting Society
NOAA: Natural Hazards Data
Natural Hazards Center at Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

Disaster Recovery Journal Article Search
Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware
CDC Disaster Prevention Guides
IBHS: Institute for Business and Home Safety (Insurance Industry)
Natural  Hazards.org

North American Emergency Management: Training
Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver, 'EPIX' Disaster Information
Virginia Cooperative Extension Program: "After a Disaster" Publications
Texas Agriculture Extension Program Hazards

 

DISASTER IMAGERY

US Government

NOAA Environmental Visualization

Commercial Satellites

DigitalGlobe

Orbimage

Space Imaging

SPOT

 

DISASTER MONITORING

SOFTWARE & NOTIFICATION
AWS WeatherBug

Emergencyemail.org
Eye of the Storm Hurricane Tracker
Wetsock Weather Monitor
Xenobits Weather Monitor
CBS News Seismic Monitor: "Seisvole.exe" by Dr. Alan Jones
How Seismic Waves Move: Download "Seiswave.exe"

 

DISEASE

AIDS

AIDS.org

Hopkins:AIDS

Cancer

CBS News Interactive: Cancer

American Cancer Society
Cancer.gov

Cancer Care
OncoLink

Flu

CDC: Flu

Mad Cow Disease

CBS News Interactive: Mad Cow Disease

FDA: BSE (Mad Cow)

SARS

CDC: SARS

Corda: Interactive SARS Map

Health Canada: SARS

Medscape: SARS

Disastercenter: SARS

McGill University SARS Resource Site

SARS Watch

Poynter Institute: SARS Resources

WHO: Int'l SARS site

West Nile Virus

CBS News Interactive: West Nile -- In Their Blood

 

DROUGHT
USGS Water Use
UNL Drought Monitor
UNL Drought Monitor Current Conditions
National Drought Mitigation Center
USDA Drought Reports
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOAA's Drought Info
 

Earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES

CBS News Interactive: Ground Shakers

USGS Sites
Earthquake Hazard Program
National Earthquake Info Center
Geologic Hazard Program
Western States Fault Maps
National Seismic Hazard Mapping
This Dynamic Earth
The San Andreas Fault
Earth's Crust
Earthquakes
Latest Earthquake Info
Listening to Earthquakes
More on Earthquakes
NEIC: World
NEIC:General Info
NEIC:Latest
Recent CA Earthquakes
Near Real Time Earthquakes
Hazards Preparedness
What's New
Northern Calif. EQ Potential
EQ Home Page
Earthquake Info

Other Earthquake Sites
IRIS: Seismic Monitor

Seismowatch
EQnet

U. Wash.: Earthquake Hazards in Washington and Oregon
UC Santa Barbara: Quake
Caltech Seismic Lab
Caltech Seismocam
UC Berkeley Seismic Lab
UC Berkeley Seismic FAQ
SF Bay Quakes: Images
QuakeView
Cascadia Quakes: CREW.org
Seismo-surfing the Internet
FEMA Earthquake Mitigation
Nevada Seismic Lab
St. Louis University Earthquake Center (New Madrid Fault: North end)
Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) (New Madrid Fault: South end)
(Japan) Earthquake Research Institute

 

EL NINO- LA NINA

CBS News Interactive: El Nino & La Nina

NOAA

NOAA
Climate Diagnostic Center

Climate Prediction Center

El Niņo-Southern Oscillation
El Niņo Research, Forecasts and Observations
La Niņa page
Atlantic Oceanographic Lab
Other
NASA: JPL: El Niņo from Space
NOVA:Tracking El Nino
Whyfiles: El Nino for Kids

 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

FEMA
NOAA Websites - Emergency Info
DisAbility.Gov: Emergency Prep. for People with Special Needs

 

FLOODS

CBS News Interactive: Floods & Droughts

CBS News Interactive: Threatened Rivers
NOAA

Flood Images
Flood Events
Floods:South East US
USGS
Flood Info
Streamflow Conditions
Water Condition Animations
National Water Conditions
US Water Resources
Significant US Flood History
Water Use
Real-Time Water Data
Other

FEMA: Flood Hazard Mapping
EarthSat's US Flood Threat Map
One of the Worst Floods in US History
Coping with Floods

North Carolina Flood Maps
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

 

HEAT
NOAA Climate Prediction Center Excessive Heat
Wind Chill and Heat Index

Hurricanes

HURRICANES

CBS News Interactive: Hurricanes-- Storm Tracker

CBS News Interactive: Hurricane Isabel

NOAA Links
Hurricanes

NHC: Hurricane Awareness

NOAA Home PAge

Tropical Prediction Center
Cyclones
Tropical Forecast
Satellite Imagery
Past Hurricanes
NOAA's Hurricane Hunters
Other Links
More NOAA Websites
OSEI:Imagery
GOES: Satellites
Hurricane Season 2000
NWS Miami Region
Atlantic Oceanographic Lab
Hurricane FAQ
National Climatic Data Center: Weather Data Archive
Hurricane Research
NSSL Hurricane Info
Hurricane Info & Links
NWS Album "Meteorological Monsters"

Other Links
Hurrwarn
Hurricanetrack
Lowe's Storm2000 Hurricane Central
The Weather Channel
Pacific Disaster Center
Intellicast: Tropical Weather
FEMA: Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watch
FEMA: Hurricanes
FEMA:Tropical Storm and Hurricanes
NASA:Tropical Storm Wind Overlays
Florida Today Hurricane 2000
American Red Cross: Hurricanes
WeatherNet Tropical Weather
WeatherNet
Disastercenter.com
Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
CIMSS Tropical Cyclones
New Orleans Hurricanes

Meteorology
Miami University(Ohio): Hurricane Links
Startingpoint
Brockport Univ.: Hurricane
Orlando Sentinel Hurricane
Ohio State: Severe Text
Hawaii: Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones
Other Links
Hurricanes Online Meteorology
Terrapin: Tropical Storm Tracking
USA TODAY
AWS Hurricane Net
NC Storm Surge
NC Hurricane Coverage
S.W. Florida Hurricane Resources
Storm Carib
53rd Weather Recon Squadron: Hurricane Hunters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICEBERGS
NOAA National Ice Center
NASA: JPL: Icebergs

NSIDC: Antarctic Ice Shelves

 

INTERNATIONAL DISASTERS

CDC: Foreign Travel Advisories

Alertnet

WHO-Belgium: Int'l Disaster Database
World Bank Disaster Management
Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN)
Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels
UN: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UN: Relief Web
UN: Directory of Disaster Reduction
International Weatherlinks
(Canada) Emergency Preparedness
(Canada) Safeguard
Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver, "EPIX" List of International Disaster Relief Agencies
Desastres.Net
Desastres.Net (More)
Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
PAHO Disasters Site
Latin American Disaster Information Center (CRID)

Response Agency (CDERA)
OAS Natural Hazards Project
(Turkey) Middle East Technical University Disaster Management
(Asia/Japan) ADRC: Asian Disaster Reduction Center
(Japan) Earthquake Research Institute
(Japan) Institute Studying Disasters
(Japan) National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
(Asia/Thailand) Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
(Australia) Natural Hazards Research Center

(New Zealand) Office of Civil Defense

Refugees

Amnesty Intl: Refugees

International Rescue Committee

Refugees International

 

LANDSLIDES
USGS: Landslides
USGS: More Landslides

 Lightning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIGHTNING
NSSL Research Topics - Lightning

Lightningstorm:National Map

 

OCEANS: MARINE WEATHER, IMAGERY, AND DATA

NOAA
Sustainable Seas
National Data Buoy Center

Coastwatch
Oceanic Data Center
Ocean Images
Ocean Surface Winds
Oceans
Other
NASA: Seawifs
NASA: Daily Seawind Animations
USCG: Storm Center
US Navy: Oceans
Japan: TRMM Sea Surface Temperature

 

OILSPILLS

EPA Oil Spills
US Gov't Oil Spill Incident News Site
EPA Superfund Emergency
EPA Oil Spill Response Guide
NOAA: Oil Spills Aids
NOAA: Oil Spills Response and Restoration
NOAA: Restoring Resources Lost in Oil Spills
US Coast Guard
USCG: National Response Center
USCG: National Pollution Funds Center

 

RELIEF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

American Red Cross

America's Second Harvest
Catholic Relief Services
Church World Service
Disaster News Network
Emergency Response Program
Habitat for Humanity
Humane Society
Interaction.org
International Red Cross
Mennonite Disaster Service
National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)
Salvation Army
NY Firefighters Info

Sept. 11th Donations

Liberty Unites

United Way: September 11th Fund

Salvation Army

Firehouse. COM

NY Police & Fire Widows and Children's Fund

Donating Blood

1-888-BLOOD-88

1-800-GIVE-LIFE

 

 

SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACK

NY City Official Website

Congressional Action Related to the Attacks of September 11   

Dept of Transportation 9/11 FAQ

NYC Fire Department

NY State Website

Small Business Administration Assistance

NY Committee for Occupational Safety and Health

September11.archive.org

Imagery of WTC and Pentagon Disaster

Aerial images of "Ground Zero" at the World Trade Center

3D Diagram of Buildings Destroyed at World Trade Center

LIDAR Imagery of the WTC Site

 

SEVERE WEATHER

US Government Links

NWS Severe Weather Awareness
NOAA National Warnings Area
NCDC Climatic Extremes and Weather Events
NOAA: GOES Satellite Server
NOAA:NWS
NESDIS
NWS File Server Access
U Mich Weather WeatherSites
NASA-EOS Data NASA-Gateway Data Search and Order
NOAA- National Climatic Data Center

NOAA Climate Prediction Center

NOAA Newspage
NOAA
NWS Forecasts: NY, NJ and Conn.
NWS Watches and Warnings
NOAA Storm Prediction Center NOAA Storm Prediction Center Watch, Warning and Advisory Display
NOAA-Interactive Weather Information Network

Other Links
AccuWeather.com

AMS- American Meteorological Society
AWS Automated Weather Source

Intellicast

TV Weather.Com

Universal Weather - Local Forecast
Universal Weather - U.S. Radar with Tops and Movement
Washington Post Weather