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The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES)
The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) is an international and inter-governmental institution, owned and managed by its Member States, for the generation and application of early warning information. RIMES evolved in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian...
LINK | 21 November 2012 | EN
Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT)
EM-DAT, run by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium, provides statistics and data on disasters' impact on humans, such as the number of people killed, injured or affected as well as economic damage estimates and...
LINK | 11 November 2009 | EN
Guardian Environment
The Guardian Environment website publishes news and commentary on environmental issues such as climate change, energy, ethical living, food and recycling. It also provides blogs, job listings and multimedia, including audio and video podcasts. Users can comment and are encouraged to join...
LINK | 5 March 2009 | EN
AlertNet: Alerting humanitarians to emergencies
A project of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, AlertNet is a news aggregator that aims to raise awareness of humanitarian crises around the globe, particularly 'forgotten' emergencies that rarely make headlines. It publishes news from over 400 aid agencies and other media outlets across a range of...
LINK | 3 March 2009 | EN
Remote Sensing Systems (RSS): Storm Watch
RSS publish near-real-time (6-36 hours from time of data collection) maps of sea surface temperatures for cyclone forecasting research. Maps and tracks are available for individual regions and include forecasted paths and wind speeds for tropical storms. Data from two satellites are used to create...
LINK | 8 October 2008 | EN
Tropical Storm Risk (TSR)
TSR is a consortium of experts on insurance, risk management and climate forecasting that aims to help decision-making in the face of tropical storms. It publishes seasonal forecasts for individual oceanic regions. TSR's 'storm tracker' provides access to current satellite images and data on wind...
LINK | 8 October 2008 | EN
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
The WMO's severe weather information centre collates official warnings issued by national meteorological and hydrological services for the media. The centre highlights warnings about tropical cyclones, heavy rain and snow, and thunderstorms. It provides links to regional meteorological centres and...
LINK | 8 October 2008 | EN
India Meteorological Department (IMD)
IMD provides weather bulletins and warnings against extreme events like cyclones. Cyclone warnings include weather outlooks for the North Indian Ocean and maps of both the observed and predicted cyclone track. The IMD website also gives background details on individual projects, including the...
LINK | 8 October 2008 | EN
Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC)
The JTWC public reference website links to data, government departments, organisations and services relevant to tropical cyclones across the world. This includes linking to weather forecasts and bulletins, satellite data, sea surface temperature products and radar imagery. The centre also links to...
LINK | 8 October 2008 | EN
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): hurricane resource page
NASA's 'hurricane resource page' provides the latest storm images and data available from NASA together with a tropical weather outlook for the Atlantic Basin. NASA has also published educational tools, including posters and classroom activities that are free for anyone to use. The website includes...
LINK | 8 October 2008 | EN
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