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Sub-Topics Dean Evacuation Galveston Gustav Helping Hurricane Victims Hurricane Preparation Ike Katrina Myanmar Ophelia Rita Stan Mud Slides Wilma Also Try Disaster Preparation Evacuation Hurricane Archives Past Hurricanes Materials Earth Events Viewed from Space (NOAA.gov) Provides pictures of events on earth that are viewable from space, including hurricanes, severe weather, fires, and more. 8-05 News -06-14-06 GAO: FEMA Pays $1.4 Billion in Fraudulent Claims (ABC News) "Close to $1.4 billion worth of fraudulent charges were laid out today in a scathing report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress." "To show just how easy it was to defraud FEMA, the GAO had an undercover agent use a bogus address to apply for rental assistance. And FEMA paid $2,348, even after the agency learned from its inspector the address was phony." 06-06 -09-16-06 Category 3 Hurricane Strikes Mexico (Fox News) "Powerful Hurricane Lane slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast south of the city of Culiacan on Saturday after battering the resort of Mazatlan with strong winds and rain." 09-06 -10-07-05 Aftermath of Hurricanes (C-Span News) Provides news on the aftermath of the hurricanes striking the United States." 9-05 -11-02-05 A Need for Infrastructure That Doesn't Exist (CBS News) "For at least seven weeks since hurricane Katrina, the Methodist minister and a band of volunteers have been online, on the phone, and meeting with dozens of local and federal officials. They're trying to find funds — $5.5 million — to build 40 new homes on 28 acres that she hopes to donate in DeLisle, Miss." "What they've found instead are bureaucratic tangles, out-of-date agency websites, and overloaded message machines that make getting through to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other government organizations extremely difficult. Once they did get through, they received confusing, inaccurate, and, in some cases, wrong information." "The story of Ms. Williams and her wrangling with the post-Katrina bureaucracy is a case study in overcoming confusion — her own, well-meaning but poorly informed government workers who took her calls, and staff and volunteers at charitable organizations. It is one of thousands of cases prompting disaster experts to call not just for reform of FEMA, but for a whole new approach to disaster response by Congress, government agencies, and charitable groups. Put simply, they must find a way to work together." 11-05 -How Megastorms Form (CNN News) "Tropical cyclones are heat engines formed over the vast expanses of water that form the world's oceans." "The energy released by a single cyclone system could, if there were a means to harness, provide enough power to supply a city for several years." "Around the world tropical cyclones are given different names." "Over the north Atlantic and East Pacific, they are called hurricanes; over the West Pacific, they are called typhoons; and over the Indian, they are called cyclones." 9-05 -Hurricane Searches (Google.com) Provides searches specifically related to hurricanes, such as to find people, find organizations, or to view progress. 9-05 -Megastorms News Worldwide: Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (CNN News) "Tropical cyclones, often called megastorms, are heat engines formed over the vast expanses of water that form the world's oceans." "Essentially the same phenomenon, around the world they are given different names." "Over the north Atlantic and East Pacific they are called hurricanes; over the Indian Ocean they are called cyclones; and over the West Pacific they are called typhoons." 9-05 -Report: Dangerously Unprepared Coastal States (MSNBC News) "2005 should have taught the United States many lessons about being unprepared for hurricanes. But a new report finds most coastal states still aren't ready." 05-06 Areas Needing Relief Assistance (ReliefWeb) Provides news and maps on areas most in need of relief from natural disasters. 11-05 History of Hurricanes (NOAA.gov) Describes the most severe hurricanes in the USA by year. 9-05 Hurricane Expert Predicts More Severe Storms (MSNBC News) "Expect more hurricanes large and small in the next 10 to 20 years, the director of the federal National Hurricane Center said Tuesday." 9-05 Hurricanes and Storms - News (USAToday.com) Provides news on the latest hurricanes and storms. 9-04 Typhoon Names by Country and Category Level (Hong Kong Observatory) "Click on the Tropical Cyclone names to hear the pronunciation or to see the meaning." 9-05 Papers 10 Costliest Hurricanes (USAToday.com) Lists the 10 strongest hurricanes in U.S. history from 1900 - 2004. Katrina is not yet on the list, but is likely to be the costliest since the 1800's. 9-05 10 Deadliest Hurricanes (USAToday.com) Lists the 10 deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history from 1900 - 2004. Katrina is not yet on the list, but will clearly be among the top two deadliest since the 1800's. 9-05 10 Strongest Hurricanes (USAToday.com) Lists the 10 strongest hurricanes in U.S. history from 1900 - 2004. 8-05 Disasters and Disaster Relief Monitoring (DisasterRelief.org - EarthWatch) "Earth Watch keeps an eye on the many different disaster events happening around the world." Includes information on hurricanes, droughts, earthquakes, volcanoes, flooding, diseases, famine, transportation, wildfires, snow, and tornadoes. 1-04 Guide to How Hurricanes Form (BBC News) Provides an animated guide. 8-05 Hurricane Names for 2005 (USAToday.com) Provides the names of all Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes of 2005. 9-04 Hurricane Science (USAToday.com) Describes how and why scientists fly into hurricanes to gather data. 9-04 Hurricane Strength Prediction (MSNBC News) "Scientists have built a computer model that could help limit damage by predicting the strength of hurricane activity in the United States." 04-05 Hurricanes (Gander Academy - Cornish) Provides information about tracking, defining, measuring, and keeping safe from hurricanes. 2-01 Hurricanes - How and Why They Are Named (USAToday.com) Explaines how and why hurricanes are named. 9-04 Hurricanes - Scale of Danger (USAToday.com) Explains the Saffir-Simpson scale for level of danger. "The scale shows how much damage a tornado actually did." 9-04 Hurricanes - What Is a Hurricane? (YatCom.com) "Hurricanes are usually compact storms, with maximum wind velocities extending out 10 to 100km from the eye." 5-03 Hurricanes - When and Where They Hit (USAToday.com) "The links below take you to detailed information when and where hurricanes are tropical cyclones are most likely in different parts of the world, with a focus on the USA." 9-04 Lessons from Katrina (MSNBC News) "After seeing New Orleans residents refuse to leave their homes, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he’d 'get a court order, if we have to,' to get people out." "The mayor of Moore, Okla., Glenn Lewis, heard another message: Citizens, he said, should increase sevenfold the amount of food and supplies they store at home — three weeks’ worth, instead of the previously recommended three days’ — 'after we saw the disaster in Louisiana.' " 9-05 NBC: FEMA Almost Stopped Preparing for Hurricanes (MSNBC News) "A government document obtained by NBC News shows just how radically the focus shifted to terrorism. It is dated July 2004 and lists 222 upcoming FEMA and homeland security exercises scheduled to prepare for national emergencies. Only two involve hurricanes." 9-05 Storm Surge (International Hurricane Center) "Storm surge is simply water that is pushed toward the shore by the force of the winds swirling around the storm. This advancing surge combines with the normal tides to create the hurricane storm tide, which can increase the mean water level 15 feet or more." " 'The greatest potential for loss of life related to a hurricane is from the storm surge.' -Brian Jarvinen, National Hurricane Center." Includes animation. 9-05 Study: Global Warming Makes Hurricanes Stronger (ABC News) "Is global warming making hurricanes more ferocious? New research suggests the answer is yes. Scientists call the findings both surprising and "alarming" because they suggest global warming is influencing storms now rather than in the distant future." "The analysis by climatologist Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows for the first time that major storms spinning in both the Atlantic and the Pacific since the 1970s have increased in duration and intensity by about 50 percent." "These trends are closely linked to increases in the average temperatures of the ocean surface and also correspond to increases in global average atmospheric temperatures during the same period." 7-05 Water-Aborbing Powder May Change Weather (NewScientist.com) "Storm experts in the US have made a cloud vanish from the sky for the first time." "They achieved the feat by sprinkling a water-absorbing powder over the cloud, making it disappear from sight and weather station radar screens. They hope the powder will one day dry up deadly hurricanes and tropical storms." Suggested for inclusion here by Karl Tegtmeyer. 2-03 Research Research on Hurricanes (International Hurricane Center) Conducts research on how hurricanes operate. 9-05

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