Weather Related Disasters

Floods, Fires, Famine and Cyclones

Page 4 - Floods Around the World

4 library.thinkquest.org/03oct/02054 /floodtype.htm

Page 6 - Floods

About Floods
4 library.advanced.org/10136/floods/flootq.htm
In Focus – Floods
4 www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/floods.html
FEMA: Floods
4 www.fema.gov/kids/floods.htm
Floods in Australia
4 www.bom.gov.au/climate/c20thc/flood.shtml
Queensland Flood History
4 www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/fld_history/index.shtml

Page 8 - Flood Warnings - 1
Bureau of Meteorology
4 www.bom.gov.au/weather/
4 www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/
Preparing for a Flood
4 kiama.ses.nsw.gov.au/flood_safety.htm
4 www.floodsafe.nsw.gov.au/prepare.html
4 www.floodsafe.nsw.gov.au/faq.html
 

Page 10 - Flood Warnings - 2
After a Flood
4 www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/after.asp
FEMA - After a Flood
4 www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_after.shtm
Ethiopian Floods - 2006
4 en.wikinews.org/wiki/ 190_dead_in_Ethiopia_floods

Page 12 - Cyclones

Cyclone Regions
4 www.bom.gov.au/info/cyclone/ - AUS
4 www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/storms.htm - NZ    
Surviving a Cyclone
4 www.ece.jcu.edu.au/csts/faq/faq_regions.htm
Cyclones - Wikipedia
4 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone
Current Cyclone Activity
4 australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/index.html

Page 14 - Damaging Cyclones

Cyclone Tracy Information:
4 www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/tracy/
4 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Tracy
4 www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/  -search for "Cyclone Tracy"
Cyclone Vance Information:
4 http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/sevwx/vance.shtml
 

Page 16 - Cyclone Aftermath
Tropical Cyclone Larry

4 http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld/cyclone/tc_larry/

Cyclone Larry - Images

4 www.cairns.qld.gov.au/gallery/cyclone/cyclone_larry_index.htm

Page 18 - Cyclone Warnings

Cyclone Warning System
4 http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/cyclones/pages/cs-02.html
About Cyclones
4 http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/cyclone/cyclone1.htm
About Cyclones
4 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0308/hurricane/path.html

Page 20 - Australian Bushfires

About Bushfires
4 library.advanced.org/10136/bushfire/bushtq.htm
Bushfires - Wikipedia article
4 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfire
Bushfires Clearly Explained
4 library.advanced.org/10136/bushfire/bushtq.htm

Page 22 - Bushfire Devastation
Bushfires and Wildfires
4 australiasevereweather.com/fires/index.html
Bushfire Info
4 www.bushfireinfo.com/

Page 24 - Firefighters
Bushfire Weather
4 www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/ fire_ag/bushfire/bushfire.htm
Firefighter - Wikipedia article
4 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighter
International Firefighters’s Day
4 http://www.iffd.net/

Page 24 - Firefighters

Firefighter Career Facts
4 www.lcc.edu/publicservice/fire_science/ careers/
Current Bushfire Warnings
4 www.bom.gov.au/weather/warnings.shtml
Fire and Emergency Services Authority (WA)
4 www.fesa.wa.gov.au/internet
Queensland Fire and Rescue Services (Qld)
4 www.fire.qld.gov.au
Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Services (NT)
4 www.fire.nt.gov.au
Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services (Vic)
4 www.mfb.org.au
New South Wales Fire and Rescue Services (NSW)
4 www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au
Tasmanian Fire Service (Tas)
4 www.fire.tas.gov.au
Page 24 - Firefighters
4 www.ses.sa.gov.au
 

Page 32 - Famine

The Great Irish Famine
4 adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/
Famine - Wikipedia Article
4 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine
 

Page 34 - Famine and Drought

Australia in Drought
4 www.abc.net.au/rural/drought2002/
About Drought
4 http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/drought/kids_droughtinfo.htm
Living With Drought
4 www.bom.gov.au/climate/drought/livedrought.shtml

Page 38 - A Relief Camp
Oxfam Australia
4 www.oxfam.org.au
Network for Good - Famine Relief
4 http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/famine/
The Manzanar Project
4 www.manzanarprojectfoundation.com

Page 4 0 - A Relief Worker
Celebrities Causes
4 localdc.com/celebritycauses.htm
CARE Australia
4 www.careaustralia.com.au
AusAID
4 www.ausaid.gov.au
Red Cross (NZ)
4 www.redcross.org.nz
World Vision Around the World
4 http://www.worldvision.com.au/youngaustralians/
Relief Web
4 www.reliefweb.int
International Goodwill Ambassadors
4 www.unicef.org/people/people_ambassadors_international.html

Page 4 2 - Helping Those in Trouble
4 www.worldvision.org.au (Australia)
4 www.worldvision.org.nz (New Zealand)
4 www.worldvision.org (International)
4 www.makepovertyhistory.org
4 www.care.org
4 www.oxfam.org.au

Useful Websites

Emergency Management Australia for Schools
4 www.ema.gov.au/agd/ema/emaSchools.nsf
Climate Change
4 www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/
FEMA for Kids: Floods
4 www.fema.gov/kids/floods.htm
Floods Clearly Explained
4 clearlyexplained.com/nature/earth/disasters/floods.html
Geoscience Australia - Floods
4 www.ga.gov.au/urban/factsheets/floods.jsp
Surviving Cyclones
4 www.bom.gov.au/info/cyclone/
Brisbane Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
4 www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld/cyclone/
Cyclones Clearly Explained
4 clearlyexplained.com/nature/earth/disasters/cyclones.html
Queensland’s Disaster Management
4 www.disaster.qld.gov.au/disasters/cyclones.asp
Hurricanes, Cyclones, Typhoons - FAQs
4 www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
Bushfires - CSIRO
4 www.csiro.au/csiro/channel/ich3f.html
Bushfires Clearly Explained
4 clearlyexplained.com/nature/earth/disasters/bushfires.html
Australia in Drought
4 www.abc.net.au/rural/drought2002/
Living With Drought
4 www.bom.gov.au/climate/drought/livedrought.shtml
Famine and Hunger - Links
4 www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/issues/famine.htm
World Vision 4 0 Hour Famine
4 www.worldvision.com.au/4 0hourfamine/
Flood Fire Famine - Virtual Exhibition
4 www.archives.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/virtualexhibition/virtualexhib.asp
   

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