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On the Web

Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC - This database, from NOAA and the National Geophysical Data Center, provides extensive post-event information on many types of natural hazards.
Kid's Hazards Quiz - Take this quiz to test your knowledge of many types of natural disasters and hazards.
Natural Hazards Center at Pennsylvania State University - This research and education center brings together a diverse group to develop and implement cross-disciplinary studies in hazard evaluation, forecasting, and mitigation.
Natural Hazards .org - Atmospheric and Geologic Hazards Information - Information on all types of atmospheric and geologic hazards with links to additional educational resources and active warning sources.
Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information - Recent natural disaster information from the USGS. Also contains links to general hazard resources.
EPIX - Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange - Information resource on natural hazards with extensive information on disaster management.
The WWW Virtual Library: Hazards and Risk - Natural and man-made disasters, preparedness, impacts, and mitigation.
Forces of Nature - Educational information about natural phenomena and different natural disasters. Includes information about the causes of disasters as well as lists of the worst recorded type of each disaster.
Natural Hazards Center - Resources from the University of Colorado-Boulder.
HazNet - Provides information on coastal natural hazards (such as hurricanes and shoreline erosion), hazard planning, and things that can be done to reduce personal and economic losses. From U.S. National Sea Grant College Program.

Wikipedia Articles

Natural Hazards in Colombia - The Natural disasters in Colombia are the result of several different Natural hazards that affect the country according with its particular geographic and geologic features, which move from potential in to an active phase, and as a result affects human activities. Human vulnerability, exacerbated by the lack of planning or ...
Comprehensive Emergency Management - Comprehensive Emergency Management, as defined in various laws throughout the United States, is the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which the military forces are primarily responsible, to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters, and to aid victims suffering from injury or damage, resulting from disasters caused by all hazards, whether natural, technological, or human caused, and to provide support for search and rescue operations for persons and property in distress.Washington State Law