Tsunamis

International and National Organisations

• International Tsunami Information Center (US)
• NOAA The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Programme (US)
• Pacific Disaster Center (Hawaii)
• The Tsunami Society (US)
• West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (Alaska)

• Center for Coastal And Land-Margin Research; Tsunami Research: Undertaking research on the 1993 Hokkaido Nansei-Oki Tsunami and the impact of tsunamis on Oregon coastal communities. (US)
• Coastal Engineering Research Center; Tsunami Research: Information on current experiments is provided. Experiments are illustrated with occasional graphics. (US)
• Russian Academy of Sciences Tsunami Laboratory: Provides comprehensive details of various research projects being undertaken such as Kuril-kamchatka bathymetry project,investigation of geological traces of paleotsunamis in Kamchatka and estimation of tsunami risk for the Bering coast of Kamchatka . (Russia)

• National Geophysical Data Center (US)
 
• Tsunami Database: Provides searchable data including runup files and event files, this holds tsunami source and event data.
• Tsunamis Photographs: Comprehensive listing of photographs, includes photographs of tsunami and pictures of 'before' and 'after'.
• The Major Tsunamis of 1992: Photograph listings showing various aspects relating to large scale tsunamis.
• Japan Tsunami, 1993: Photograph listings showing various aspects relating to the tsunami in Japan in 1993.
• Pacific Tsunamis Museum: Frequently asked questions: This set of questions relates to the area of the Museum, Hawaii. The Museum also provides useful information on education programmes.(US)
• Russian Academy of Sciences Tsunami Laboratory (Russia)
 
• Expert Tsunami Database: Providing graphics, text and visualisations of the project.
• Historical tsunami database for the US pacific coast:Provides background information such as maps and earthquake data as well as text and pictures.
• Giant Tsunamis on the New South Wales south coast of Australia: Large collection of images collected in the field, relevant to the study of tsunami's.
• Tsunamis in the Caribbean: Providing imagery, diagrams and time charts relevant to the study of tsunami in the Caribbean.
• Tsunamis in the Mediterranean: Providing imagery, diagrams and time charts relevant to the study of tsunami in the Mediterranean.

Educational/On-line courses

• Earth & Space Sciences: Lecture programme slide show relevant to the study of tsunami, simplistic but discusses examples in relation to the overall phenomena. (US)

• United States Geological Survey Earthquake source parameters and potential local tsunamis in cascadia: Descriptive photographic essay discussing the life of a tsunami and what aspects of earthquake rupture affect local tsunamis?. (US)
• NOAA & International Tsunami Information Center Tsunami..the great waves: Detailed and descriptive photographic essay introducing the nature of tsunami and the damage that they can cause.
• The great waves
• What causes tsunamis?
• Tsunamis on the move
• Pacific Disaster Center Tsunami Information: Useful resources under disaster information, tsunami's are what is a tsunami?, what causes tsunamis?, what are the charactersitics of tsunami waves?, can tsunamis be predicted? and tsunami terms. (Hawaii)
• University of Washington Tsunami: Provides detailed information and resources relevant to tsunamis, also details of research taking place are listed. (US)
 
• The Physics of Tsunamis: Comprehensive resource, using text and illustrations to discuss the nature and characteristics of tsunamis.
• A Survey of Great Tsunamis: Comprehensive resource, using text and illustrations to show examples of great tsunami events.
• The Tsunami Warning System: Discussing various aspects of tsunami warnings, includes an overview of the system, determination and dissemination.
• Tsunami Hazard Mitigation: Contained a large amount of information relating to how to act if you are on land and a tsunami is approaching, or in the water.

Electronic Journals

• National Geophysical Data Center Tsunami Publications: Abstract, title and author information is freely available, but full text versions require subscription. (US)
• The International Journal of the Tsunami Society Science of Tsunami Hazards: Titles, authors and abstracts freely available on-line, full text version requires subscription. (US)

Flooding

International and National Organisations

• International Rivers Network (US)

• Institute of Hydrology (UK)
• UK Government UK Environment Agency (UK)

• NOAA State of the Coast (US)
 
• Resources
• Pacific Disaster Center (Hawaii)
• University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center (US)

Research Centres

• MAFF Flood and coastal defence research: Provides a varied research programme including the Hythe coast protection scheme, coastal defences at Holbeck Cliff and sea defence works in Norfolk. (UK)

• Dartmouth Flood Observatory: Provides a flood detection and global active archive, flood image-maps, flood hydroclimatology and also a global register of large river floods. (US)

Data/Information Libraries

• Institute of Hydrology (UK)
 
• Flood Forecasting: Informative resource discussing the types of data required for accurate flood forecasting.
• Flood Estimation: Discusses moves to create a new flood estimation handbook.
• Small Catchments: Highlights the differences between large catchments and small catchments in terms of flood water estimation.
• Flood Risk Map: Relevant to areas at the high flood risk, mapping techniques have been employed to illustrate the regions at the most risk.

• Robert Halamicek Flood in Czech Republic: Excellent series of flood imagery captured in Bystricka in the Czech Republic in 1997. (Czech Republic)

• La Crosse National Weather Service Hydrology: Provides a current flood potential outlook schedule, also provides flood warnings and statements. (US)
• Pacific Disaster Center Flood Information: Comprehensive resource, the most useful sections are the flood background section, Introducing the nature of floods, the nature of flash floods and also the power of floods; flood history discussing major floods that have occurred in Hawaii over past years and also a glossary of flood related terms. (Hawaii)
• USGS SAST Database: Providing various types of flood data including a levee database. Also includes information relevant to the consequences of flooding. (US)

Educational/On-line courses

• MAFF Flood and coastal defence research: Provides a useful set of information sheets, abstracts are available on this link or the articles are directly accessible below. (UK)
 
• 'Predicting the performance of beaches'
• 'Predicting long-term coastal morphology'
• 'Design of 'natural' river channels'
• 'Developments in flood estimation and flood warning'
• 'Instruments and techniques for coastal field measurements'
• 'Full scale experiment in managed setback'

• PBS NOVA Online: Illustrated brochures and photographic essay's relating to floods an their impacts on both urban and rural areas. Resources are distributed among the three sections noted below. (US)
 
• Dealing with a deluge:How different countries respond to deluges of water, includes the Yellow river, the nile and the mississippi.
• The River's Gift: Details the positive impacts brought by a flood.

Drought

International and National Organisations

• Institute of Hydrology (UK)

• National Drought Mitigation Center (US)
• Pacific Disaster Center (Hawaii)
• The Long Paddock (Australia)
• University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center (US)
• Western Drought Co-ordination Council (US)

Data/Information Libraries

• Institute of Hydrology; Water Watch: Summarises the state of the UK's water resources, provides information relating to rainfall, river flows, ground water and also a summary archive. (UK)
• National Drought Mitigation Center (US)
 
• Drought Watch: Current information relating to drought in the US and throughout the world.
• The El Niño Phenomena: Discussing the southern oscillation and drought in the El Niño region. Provides information, news and analysis on the phenomena.
• Drought Impacts and History: Provides details of drought impacts, a case study and also an informative resource discussing the dustbowl years.
• Drought Mitigation: Holds details of drought planning, mitigation and water conservation.

Educational/On-line courses

• National Drought Mitigation Center (US)
 
• Understanding and Defining Drought: Discusses the concept of drought, defining drought conceptually and operationally and disciplinary perspectives on drought.
• Drought Indices: Features a drought severity index, a surface water supply index and a standardised precipitation index.
• Predicting Drought: Holds information relating to global weather patterns, pressure levels and drought characteristics in different regions.
• Drought and Climate Change: Relates the greenhouse effect and climate change to water resources and drought.
• Pacific Disaster Center Drought Information: Provides a number of useful resources, the most useful are listed below. (Hawaii)
 
• Understanding and Defining Drought
• Types of Drought
• Hawaii's Drought History