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Alaska Volcano Observatory
Details on activity & location of Alaska's volcanoes, from the US Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.avo.alaska.edu
Discovery Channel Online
Updates on natural hazards globally. From The Discovery Channel.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html
Earthquake Information from USGS
Brief seismic activity updates; earthquake locations; more detailed issues on earthquakes. U.S. Geological Survey. Recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov
Floods in Bangladesh 1998
A flood fact album from the government of Bangladesh. Includes map of flooded area, photos, damage and relief activities.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.bangladeshonline.com/gob/flood98/
Hurricane & Tropical Storm Track
Hurricane & Storm Tracking for the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans using US warning data. Current storms, archive & links to many other detailed hurricane sites.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
Hurricane Katrina - in-depth
In-depth reports from BBC on Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans, USA, in August 2005	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm
Mozambique floods 2000: Full coverage
In early 2000 a cyclone swept across southern Africa leading to three weeks of severe floods which devastated Mozambique. BBC News Online charted the course of the disaster and its aftermath. Thursday, 4 May, 2000, 11:57 GMT	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_655000/655510.stm
Mozambique: How disaster unfolded
BBC News overview of climatic events leading up to flooding. Excellent account with animated map of cyclone Eline path, and flooded area.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_655000/655227.stm
South Asia earthquake - in depth
BBC In-Depth report on the South Asia earthquake of October 2005 that devastaed parts of northern Pakistan.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2005/south_asia_quake/default.stm
Sustainable Development Issues
Educational material from UNESCO. Interdisciplinary units on a variety of themes. For geographers, those on agriculture, tourism, development, population, women and communities are probably the most informative.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www4.gu.edu.au/ext/unesco/theme_c/uncofrm_c.htm
The floods: A regional disaster
Regional perspective on Mozambique floods. Good factual details of extent of flood in southern African; regional map included. 3 March 2000.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_659000/659637.stm
This Dynamic Earth
The story of plate tectonics giving background on the development of the theory and ideas. Clear explanations of the cause of earthquakes and volcanoes, giving some useful details, maps and diagrams.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
Tsunami disaster - In-depth
In-depth reports from BBC on the tsunami disaster of 26th December 2004 that devastated large areas of northern Indonesia and countries with coastline on the Indian Ocean.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm
Turkey Earthquake Full Coverage
BBC On-Line News site giving links to BBC reports and related sites on the Turkish earthquake on 17 August 1999.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_422000/422773.stm
Unisys Weather
Satellite images, data and hurricane tracking for USA from IT company Unisys.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://weather.unisys.com/
Venezuelan Floods
Full Coverage Report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573623.stm New town for Venezuela flood victims: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_569000/569740.stm Floods dash hopes for economic recovery - Thursday 23 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_576000/576334.stm Flood Deaths Blamed on Past Mistakes - Tuesday 21 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_574000/574959.stm Disaster, but was it Natural? - Tuesday 21 December 1999. An excellent outline of the problems of urbanisation and deforestation suggesting a possible link to the floods in Venezuela: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573987.stm Venezuela: The Health Risks - Tuesday 21 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/medical_notes/newsid_573000/573505.stm Deadly Tides: Mudslides have devastated entire towns - Friday 17 December 1999: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_568000/568720.stm Venezuela Pleads for Aid - Tuesday 21 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573196.stm On-line Users Tell Their Story - Tuesday 21 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_572000/572868.stm Victims Tell of Flood Nightmare - Monday 20 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_572000/572697.stm Venezuela Floods Kill 1000 - Monday 20 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_571000/571810.stm Venezuela's Flood Chaos (pictures) - Sunday 19 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_571000/571928.stm Mudslides in Venezuela (pictures)- Saturday 18 December: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_571000/571210.stm	Key Stage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_573000/573623.stm
Volcano World
Multiple photos, data and updates on volcanic activity. Widely known and recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement.	Key Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
The tsunami disaster explained
The causes and effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 that devastated areas of northern Indonesia.	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/4136289.stm
Animated guide - hurricanes
Animated guide to how hurricanes form, and why they are so destructive (from BBC).	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm
Animated guide - typhoons
How typhoons form, and why they are so destructive (from BBC)	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4183344.stm
Bangladesh Floods
News reports from BBC News on the floods of 1998	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/results.pl?scope=news&tab=news&q=flood+bangladesh§ion=english%2FWorld&range=range&fromday=1&frommonth=6&fromyear=1998&today=31&tomonth=12&toyear=1998
Britain in Deep Water
BBC Panorama focusing on floods in Yorkshire, December 2000. Includes programme transcript and pages on the flood event, a flood victims comments and a review of building on flood plains.	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/panorama/archive/newsid_1228000/1228291.stm
Discovery Channel Online - Guide to Planet Earth
Discovery Channel	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/planetearth/planetearth.html
Earthquake strongest in world in 20 years
ITN News report on measuring strength of earthquakes and the earthquake in Turkey of 1999.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.itn.co.uk/World/world19990817/081710w.htm
From Pangea to Present
A description and explanation of the changing positions of the earth's continents that result from plate tectonics. Pangea was the supercontinent with all continents once joined together. Site from Volcano World.	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Pangea/Pangea1.html
Global Tectonics
Description and evidence about the theory of plate tectonics from Prof. Stephen A. Nelson of Tulane University .	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol111/pltect.htm
How earthquakes happen
Animated guide to how earhquakes happen (from BBC)	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4126809.stm
Hurricane Isabel
News from BBC about hurricane Isabel that affected USA and Mexico in September 2003.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=hurricane+isabel
Italy's Volcanoes
Site by Boris Behncke of Instituto di Geologiae Geofisica, Univ. Catania (Italy). Useful particularly on Stromboli & Etna.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/STROMBOLI.html
Japanese earthquake of 2003
BBC News reports following the earthquake off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan on 23 September 2003.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=news&q=Japan+earthquake&range=range&fromday=1&frommonth=9&fromyear=2003&today=31&tomonth=12&toyear=2003&order=sortdate
Map of Recent Middle East Earthquakes
Details of recent earthquake activity in the Middle East. From US Geological Survey.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/neis/current/m_east.html
Mount Etna
From Italy's Volcanoes site by Boris Behncke of Instituto di Geologiae Geofisica, Univ. Catania (Italy)	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/ETNA.html
Mozambique Floods - Latest News from CNN
Results of search on CNN News archive. Covers floods of 2000 and recent updates.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://cnn.looksmart.com/r_search?look=&isp=zci&key=mozambique+and+flood
Mozambique: Nature takes its toll
BBC News - Environmental & regional context of the flood event form BBC environment correspodent.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_662000/662337.stm
Natural Hazards
From National Geophysical Data Center (US). Natural Hazards Database Online (searchable).	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/hazards.shtml
Pinatubo Volcano: The Sleeping Giant Awakes
Very good collection of reports and images on the eruption of 1991, its impact and local opinions of the	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://parallel.park.org:8888/Philippines/pinatubo/
ReliefWeb - Natural Disasters
Links to news agency reports on latest natural disasters globally. Latest reports (mostly brief press releases) on natural hazards events.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://wwww.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND
South African Weather Bureau - Cyclone Eline
Details of path of cyclone which caused Mozambique floods in Feb/March 2000. Map of cyclone path, description of development of storm & rainfall statistics comparisons for selected affected places.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.sawb.gov.za/Eline.htm
Stromboli On-Line
Volcano site by Dr Jürg Alean and Dr Roberto Carniel	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/
Venezuela Conquering Disaster
News from CNN about Venezuelan floods of 1999.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.cnn.com/1999/WORLD/americas/12/21/venezuela.floods.01/index.html
World Tourism
Facts and figures on global tourism from the World Tourism Organsation. More detailed statsitics database available on registering (use the Statistics link under the Services menu to register).	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://www.world-tourism.org/frameset/frame_market_data.htm
Bangladesh Daily Star - News Archive
Archive pages for news reports from The Daily Star, Bangladesh. Many pages report on floods of 1998 - mainly between 11 July 1998 and early October 1998. Earlier reports focus on build up and effects of flood, later ones on the need for relief action. There is no search facility so each archive edition needs to be checked in turn.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.dailystarnews.com/archive.htm
Congo volcano kills dozens
Dozens of people are thought to have been killed as a river of molten rock poured from a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Goma people were caught out by the fast-flowing lava. BBC News Report Friday, 18 January, 2002. Click here for pictures.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1766000/1766170.stm
Cyclone drives heavy rains toward flood
Cyclone drives heavy rains toward flood-ravaged Mozambique, Botswana - 21 Feb 2000. News from CNN on disaster in southern Africa.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/02/21/africa.floods/
Dartmouth Flood Observatory
This web site is a research tool for detection, mapping, measurement, and analysis of extreme flood events world-wide using satellite remote sensing. The flood archives from 1985 onwards give useful summaries of major flood events (the links are some way down the page).	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/geog/floods/
Earth, Space and Weather Science
Recommended in The Guardian On-line supplement. Explore Earth, Space and Weather zones - up-to-date info on extreme events. US focussed.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://explorezone.com/
Etna Erupts
Pictures from BBC News, (13 February 2000) of the volcano eruption.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_641000/641266.stm
Flooding and Satellite Anaylsis
A technical paper on assessing flooding using remote sensing data. Also has useful maps and images of 1995 floods on Oder (Poland, 1997), of the Rhine/Meuse (Maastricht, Belgium, 1995) and one of the Zambezi flood (Mozambique, 2001).	Key Stage 5
http://natural-hazards.aris.sai.jrc.it/floods/damage/
Floods at Nijmegen (The Netherlands) Feb 1995
Satellite photo of flood of Rhine and Meuse in 1995.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://earth.esa.int/ew/floods/nijmagen_nl_95/
Impact of Climate Change on Egypt
Impact of sea level rise from global warming on low lying land in the Nile delta. The cities of Alexandria , Rosetta and Port Said , are expected to experience serious environmental impacts. Also effects of climate change on the coastal zone of Egypt.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://cesimo.ing.ula.ve/GAIA/CASES/EGY/impact.htm
Miami Science Museum: Hurricanes
Education site. Interactive hurricane tracking, eye witness accounts, famous storms & weather details inside a hurricane.	Key Stage 4
http://bird.miamisci.org/hurricane
Mozambique cries for help
Mozambique cries for help, overwhelmed by catastrophe - 1 Mar 2000. News from CNN about the floods in Mozambique.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/03/01/africa.floods.01/index.html
Mozambique News Agency
News reports for the 2001 flood are from links below: Cahora Bassa reduces discharges - 28th March 2001 Less water entering Cahora Bassa lake - 27th March 2001 Flooding in central Mozambique worsens - 26th March 2001 Praise for Zambian restraint - 23rd March 2001 Flooding disrupts schooling - 20th March 2001 Issue no. 203 - 19th March 2001 Floods update - 16th March 2001 Floods update - 15th March 2001 Floods update - 11th March 2001 Floods update - 10th March 2001 Floods update - 9th March 2001 Floods update - 8th March 2001 Floods update - 7th March 2001 Floods update - 6th March 2001 Issue no. 202 - 5th March 2001 Floods update - 2nd March 2001 Floods update - 1st March 2001 Floods update - 28th February 2001 Floods update - 23rd February 2001	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/
Narmada Control Authority
For background, use the link 'Narmada Basin' for general information; 'Narmada Basin Development' gives statistical details; links on projects in the scheme give useful details and photos. Other pages give technical and government details.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://nca.nic.in/index.html
NOP Water
Web site of NOP Water project for integrated water management strategies for the Rhine an Meuse basins in a changing environment. Project created following 1993 and 1995 flooding of River Rhine and Meuse. Runs from August 1999 to June 2001, although web site will be available for longer. From International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS), Netherlands.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://www.icis.unimaas.nl/projects/nopwater/
Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Summary of characteristics of Nyiragongo volcano. Also some images and photos.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/nyiragongo.html
Pinatubo from Volcano World
Volcano World entry gives some specific technical details on the type of volcano and eruptions for Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. Also some general information and photos.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/philippines/pinatubo.html
Pinatubo Links
Directory of sites with information on Pinatubo selected by USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory.	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Philippines/Pinatubo/framework.html
Rains wreak havoc
Rains wreak havoc in South Africa - 22 Feb 2000. News from CNN on Mozambique flood.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/02/08/s.africa.floods/
Rhine-Meuse Factsheets
IRMA is INTERREG Rhine-Meuse Activities - an EU organisation funding projects to reduce flooding on the Rhine and Meuse. The factsheets give details of flood reduction projects.	Key Stage 5
http://www.irma-programme.org/b_projects/factsheets.htm
Virtually Hawaii: Kilauea Fieldtrip
Photos & selected details with latest news on volcanic activity.	Key Stage 2, 3, 4 & 5
http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/vfts/kilauea/kilauea.vfts.html
Virtually Hawaii: Virtual Fieldtrips
Photos and selected details of islands of Hawaii. Aimed mainly at traveller, but with geological flavour.	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://hawaii.ivv.nasa.gov/space/hawaii/virtual.field.trips.html
Volcano devastates Congo city
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Around 45 people were killed and hundreds of thousands fled Goma, eastern Congo after a volcano erupted and devastated the city. CNN News Report January 18, 2002.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/01/18/drcongo.volcano/index.html
Electronic Volcano
Links to volcano information; many links now out of date. Edited by Barbara DeFelice, Physical Sciences Librarian, Kresge Library, D. Randall Spydell & Richard E. Stoiber, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/
Encarta: Pinatubo Volcano, Philippines
Encarta on-line encyclopaedia entry. General geographical/location background. A good quality photo linked from the page.	Key Stage 3
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=06D08000
Flood in Europe: A Peril Not to be Ignored
Useful information on flood risk in Europe, mainly written for insurance underwriters, but of use for some geographical ideas.	Key Stage 5
http://www.facworld.com/FacWorld.nsf/doc/euflood/$file/floodeu2.pdf
UK Volcanologists Home Page
Hosted by the Open University (UK) Department of Earth Sciences. Limited content, mainly for university researchers. Some useful links.	Key Stage 5
http://exodus.open.ac.uk/volcano/volc_index.html
Volcanic Activity Reports - Nyiragongo
Report on historical activity of Nyiragongo volcano in Congo. Also photos and maps of region. Technical details of eruptions.	Key Stage 5
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/volcano/region02/africa_c/nyiragon/var.htm
AsiaVille - The Global Village in Asia
Information on business, news, buying and selling, job hunting, or just for leisure. Site maintained by Cyberville eServices, an Internet / Intranet / Extranet services company.	Key Stage 3, 4 & 5
http://www.asiaville.com
India World
A news and information website including sites on Personal Finance, Cricket, Food, History, Internet, Customised News, and a search engine. IndiaWorld is an Indian internet services company managed by ASAP Solutions Inc.	Key Stage 3 & 4
http://www.indiaworld.com
River 2000
Following the exploration journeys of the River 2000 project.	Key Stage
http://www.river2000.co.uk/
From USGS
Index for USGS pages	Key Stage 4 & 5
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/textindex.html