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A Geologic Hazard is one of several types of adverse geologic conditions capable of causing damage or loss of property and life. These hazards can consist of
Sudden or slow phenomena (alphabetic order)
- avalanches (snow, or air & snow) and its runout
- Earthquakes and earthquake-triggered phenomena
- fault rupture (displacement of the terrain or ground along a geological fault), recent (active) fault (exhibiting actual movement or seismic activity)
- forest fires (espec. in mediterranean areas)
- ice jams or ice impact (Eisstoß) on rivers or below a glacier
Natural Disasters and Hazards :: Earth Sciences
Flash Flood and Debris Flow Warning for Southern California
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Flash Flood Warning for the Santiago Fire in Orange County
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Flash Flood Warning for Southwestern San Bernardino, North-Central Orange, and Northwestern Riverside Counties in Southwest California
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Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany: Georisk and Geohazards - About ongoing research in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, glacial lake outbursts, mud flows, mud volcanism and sudden land subsidence.
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Geohazards - Natural Resources Canada: Studies of earthquakes, flooding, landslides, and snow avalanches.
Geologic Hazards - US Geological Survey resources on hazards related to earthquakes, landslides, and geomagnetism.
Meta Description: [ USGS Geologic Hazards Team, responsible for researching, monitoring and forecasting geologic hazards ]
Global Disaster Watch - Current worldwide natural disaster warnings and updates - volcanoes, flooding, landslides, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis / tidal waves, meteor showers and solar flares, wildfires, severe weather warnings, disaster archives, record-breaking disasters and earth games.
Meta Description: [ Current worldwide natural disasters and warnings - volcanoes, flooding, landslides, drought, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, solar flares, wildfires, severe weather warnings, archives ]
International Working Group on Urban Geology - An information center on geology and geologic hazards in urban planning and management. Includes case studies. Users are invited to contribute. [May not display properly in all browsers.]
Mitigating the Danger at Lake Nyos - History of the 1986 disaster at Lake Nyos and details of a French plan to mitigate the effect of future disasters through degassing.
Meta Description: [ Nyos: a natural disaster occurred in lakes Nyos and lake Monoun in Cameroon, West Africa. A controlled degassing plan is scheduled for the mitigation of this new natural hazards at lake Nyos. ]
Natural Hazards Databases at National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - Natural Hazards data and educational information including earthquake, tsunami, and stress data
Meta Description: [ Natural Hazards data and information including earthquake, tsunami, volcano, and tropical cyclone images ]
Savage Earth - Web companion to the PBS show, produced by New York's WNET, on natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Includes detailed animations, QuickTime movies, survivors' stories, and links.
Meta Description: [ Thirteen / WNET New York, presents SAVAGE EARTH ONLINE, the Web companion to the four-hour series on earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters. Highlights include animated illustrations, original articles and sidebars, Ask the Experts, photos, and video downloads. ]
The Natural Hazards Center - Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Information on human adaptation to disaster.
Meta Description: [ Natural Hazards Center - University of Colorado ]
The Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at University of Geneva - Research and training programs on volcanic and seismic hazards and their mitigation, as well as disaster response.
Meta Description: [ Résumé ]
USGS -- Hazards Theme - Public-education gateway to U.S. Geologic Survey information on hazards.
Meta Description: [ Information and resources related to Natural Hazards and the U.S. Geological Survey ]
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