Disaster Relief

SBC Disaster Relief - Tennessee

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

Cookeville-Putnam County Emergency Management Agency

American Red Cross - Disaster Services

North American Mission Board - Disaster Relief

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Disaster Relief

The Disaster Center

Amateur Radio Relay League

The World Wide Web has many useful disaster-related sites. Below is a selection of those that we find most useful. To help you get to the specific information you need fast, we've divided them into the following categories:

Red Cross
Disaster Relief Agencies
Emergency Communications
Disaster-Related Links
Reference
Weather
General
Earthquake
Flood/Mudslide
Fire
Tornado
Ice Storm
Blizzard
Hurricane/Typhoon
Volcanoes
Chemical Hazards
Biological Hazards
Nuclear Hazards
Dukes of Hazzard
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
State Emergency Management Offices



RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT

The American Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies
The Red Cross Movement and Its History


DISASTER RELIEF AGENCIES

American Jewish World Service
American Rescue Team International
Amnesty International On-line
CARE Home Page
Catholic Relief Services
Charity Airlift
Church World Services
Doctors Without Borders
Feed the Children
Food and Agriculture Organization
Food For The Hungry: World Crisis Network
Heart to Heart International
InterAction
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
MAP International Relief and Development
International Rescue Committee
Lutheran World Relief
Mennonite Central Committee
Oxfam America
Pan American Health Organization
Peace Corps
The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Project HOPE
Salvation Army International Headquarters
Second Harvest Online
Together for Georgia, US
UNICEF
UN World Food Programme
United Methodist Committee on Relief
World Health Organization
World Help


EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS


DISASTER-RELATED LINKS

Natural Disaster Safety Tips
Pacific Disaster Center
Rescue Coordination Centre Network
Disaster News Network


REFERENCE

Christian Science Monitor - international current events
The Discovery Channel - history and current events
Hazard Net - guide to hazards and help
The History Channel - online history
Landmines - UN information and statistics on landmines
Library of Congress - access to databases, library searches, historical photos
Project Safeside - "Keeping You Ahead of the Storm"
Refugees - UN high commissioner for refugees
ReliefNet (index)
ReliefWeb Home Page
TreeLink - resources for urban and community forestry
The CIA World Factbook
Yahoo! Environment and Nature: Disasters


WEATHER

GENERAL
Accuweather
Weather Underground
CNN Weather
The Weather Channel
Weather Now (University of Maryland)
NOAA's Interactive Weather Site
University of Hawaii Meteorology
National Warnings Area
EARTHQUAKE
National Earthquake Information Center
Earthquake Preparation Information
Last 21 Earthquakes Around the World
The University of Nevada Reno, Seismological Laboratory
FLOOD/MUDSLIDE
Real-time Water Level Information from U.S. Geological Survey
River Forecast Centers Around the USA
FIRE
TORNADO
ICE STORM/BLIZZARD
NASD: Winter Storm Preparedness and response Snow Storm, Ice Storm and Blizzard Preparedness
HURRICANE/TYPHOON
University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Hurricane Resource Center
Hurricanes, Typhoons & Tropical Cyclones
University of Hawai'i: Storm Strike Probabilities for Various Locations
National Hurricane Center
SIMS Hurricane Watch
Tropical Cyclone Page
WeatherNet: Tropical Weather Information
VOLCANOES
Global Volcanism Program
Volcano World (with special area for kids)
Volcano reference sites


CHEMICAL HAZARDS

BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS

NUCLEAR HAZARDS

DUKES OF HAZZARD

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Travel Information Page
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Small Business Administration
United Nations
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Department of State
Emergency Preparedness Canada


STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Miami-Dade
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington, D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming