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The Weather Channel Storm Encyclopedia
www.weather.com/breaking_weather/encyclopedia/
This Web site provides basic information about severe and extreme weather events, including flooding, heat waves, hurricanes and tropical storms, severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and winter storms.
National Geographic's Weather, Natural Hazards, and Disasters page
www.nationalgeographic.com/infocentral/web/weather.htm
This site covers topics ranging from weather forecasts to historical weather data, El Nino, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, severe storms, and even K-12 educational materials.
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Resource Listing for Weather and Climate Instruction
www.nssl.noaa.gov/resources/wxresource.html
NSSL provides this site to assist teachers of weather and climate by listing some of the available instructional resources. Included are sections such as "General Instruction," " Audiovisual," "Print," "Instruments/Equipment," "Software," "Data Sources," "Professional Organizations," and "Additional Resource Contacts," as well as a list of abbreviations and acronyms.
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Drought Watch '99
md.water.usgs.gov/drought/
Because the mid-Atlantic region is suffering its worst drought in 30 years, the USGS has developed this new Web site - Drought Watch '99 - to monitor water levels and rain prospects. This site includes nationwide information about water levels and rainfall trends.
NOAA's Drought Information Center
www.drought.noaa.gov
NOAA's Drought Information Center provides breaking news including current drought assessments of various kinds; monthly roundups; and background information on drought.
The Western Drought Experience
www.westgov.org
On July 16, 1998, President Clinton signed the National Drought Policy Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-199), creating the National Drought Policy Commission to advise Congress "on the creation of an integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies." The Western Governors' Association's Western Drought Coordination Council (WDCC) recently prepared a report entitled "The Western Drought Experience: The Western Drought Coordination Council's Report to the National Drought Policy Commission" - to assist the national effort. To access the report, go to the URL above, select "WGA Publications," scroll down to the Policy Reports section, and click on the link for the drought report.
Drought Watch
enso.unl.edu/ndmc/watch/watch.htm
The National Drought Mitigation Center's "Drought Watch" page includes links to sites monitoring current droughts in the U.S., forecasts, information on global climate and drought monitoring, information about current drought-related impacts and humanitarian issues, as well as drought news. The site is a clearinghouse for the many sources of drought information now available on the web.
Ice Storm 1998 Emergency
qsilver.queensu.ca/~icestudy/br>
The Ice Storm of January 1998 was the largest natural disaster recorded in Canada. The general perception is that, overall, the response was surprisingly effective even if it was not according to plan. This site offers numerous interviews with emergency responders and volunteers who were involved in the restoration effort, as well as several post-storm reports and photographs.
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Oklahoma/Southern Kansas Tornado Outbreak of May 3, 1999
tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/om/omdis.html
The latest "Service Assessment" from the National Weather Service Office of Meteorology examines the May 3 tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas, including the devastating F5 vortex that struck Oklahoma City.
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Assessing the Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Extreme Storms: The Case of Revere, MA, USA
This paper is available in the periodical "Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change" (Vol. 3, pp. 59-82). For more information about the journal see: www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1381-2386
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