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Tsunamis and disaster relief Global tectonic processes, hazards and response |
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"Earthquakes and volcanoes are major hazards in tectonically active environments of the world. There are differing human responses to these events." WJEC specification generalisation |
| Disaster relief | Indian ocean tsunami, Dec 26 2004 | Agencies involved in relief work | ||
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Tsunami! Site developed to provide general information about tsunamis - large waves generated by seismic activity which can cause significant damage to coastal communities. Includes information about the mechanisms of tsunami generation and propagation, the impact of tsunamis on humankind, and the Tsunami Warning System. Hosted by the Geophysics department at Washington University. http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/welcome.html
Tsunamis Savage Earth TV programme page. Nice little animation. http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/tsunami/index.html
Recent tsunami events US government weather service West Coast and Alaska tsunami warning centre. http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/main.htm or http://wcatwc.gov/main.htm
International tsunami warning system http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/
Early warning IEWP is dedicated to reducing disasters through effective people-centred early warning systems. http://www.unisdr.org/ppew/
The Tsunami Risks project UK NERC project which seeks to introduce the insurance industry to the complexity of tsunami and to "...explore the implications for estimation of tsunami hazards, frequency-magnitude distributions and evaluations of the direct and indirect insurance risk." Includes risk atlas. http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/tsunami-risks/index.html
CNN tsunami timeline http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/tsunami.timeline.ap/
Tsunami Warning An online book for children (with sound effects). http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/book01.htm
| USGS tsunami site. General information on how local tsunamis are generated by earthquakes as well as animations, virtual reality models of tsunamis, and summaries of past research studies. http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/ | |
| Papua New Guinea tsunami event 1998 | http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/PNGhome.html |
| Peru June 2001 event | http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/Peru01.html |
Indian ocean tsunami, Dec 26 2004
Map Where the quake happened http://www.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,5812,1380083,00.html Detailed maps of the destruction from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/world/04/asia_quake/quake_maps/html/1.stm
"A great earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 (UTC) on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The magnitude 9.0 event has been located OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA." USGS
"According to the Guinness Book of Records, the highest death toll from a tsunami until now happened in 1896, when 27,000 people were drowned following an earthquake off the coast of Japan." BBC News 27 Dec 2004
The impact of the tsunami was felt as far away as Somalia and Kenya in E Africa, although the impact was greatest on Sumatra (Indonesia), which was closest to the epicentre. The coasts of Thailand, India and groups of islands such as the Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar were all badly affected.
USGS report from the US National Earthquake Information Center. High resolution 'jpeg' maps available. "The devastating megathrust earthquake of December 26th, 2004 occurred on the interface of the India and Burma plates and was caused by the release of stresses that develop as the India plate subducts beneath the overriding Burma plate." http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/
USGS magnitude 8 and greater A list of very large quakes since 1990 with location maps and death tolls. http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/mag8.html
USGS Earthquake information for Indonesia with a map of plate boundaries and another of sesmic activity 1990-2000. http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/world/indonesia/
2004 Sumatra earthquake Simple, but very effective, animation showing how the waves were generated by the quake. From the US Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology. http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif
British Geological Survey report and map http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/latest_info.htm Explanatory diagrams. http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/tsunamis_expl.gif Seismograms as recorded in Edinburgh at the survey's HQ. http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/sumatra_26_december_2004_seismo.gif Seismicity of N Sumatra since 1900 - map. http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/sumatra_26_dec_2004_map_ls.jpg
EERI PowerPoint slides and notes Intended for use by individuals who are giving presentations. Explains the origins of the earthquake and ensuing tsunami and the damage caused in many countries around the Indian Ocean. Includes slides on past tsunamis in the USA as well as a discussion of tsunami risk reduction methods. http://www.eeri.org/lfe/clearinghouse/sumatra_tsunami/presentation.html
The World-Wide Earthquake Locator from Edinburgh University provides up-to-date information and detailed dynamic maps of earthquakes within 24 hours (Edinburgh time). Use the database of past earthquakes to get information on the 26th Dec event. http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakes/quakes.html Earthquake catalogue query page. http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/cat_query.pl
NASA Satellite images The event as seen by NASA satellites. NASA Earth Observatory feature with links http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12643 Kalutara, Sri Lanka http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/srilanka_kalutara_flood_dec26_2004_dg.jpg Map of the event http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12640
GlobeXplorer Disaster images - before and after shots. http://www.globexplorer.com/disasterimages/ Banda Aceh, Indonesia Before Tsunami imageshot June 23, 2004 http://www.globexplorer.com/disasterimages/banda_aceh_shoreline_before_june23_2004_dg.jpg After image http://www.globexplorer.com/disasterimages/banda_aceh_shoreline_missing_dec28_2004_dg.jpg
Live science 'Forces of Nature' Special feature on the tsunami event mixing news and scientific explanation. http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/earthquake_tsunami_041228.html
Tsunami among the world's worst disasters (BBC news 27 Dec 2004). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4128509.stm
BBC News Asia tsunami disaster in depth Page with links to BBC news reports from correspondents around the region. Includes maps. Constantly updated - now with much on how aid is being spent and longer term impact. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm News in pictures Dec 29 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4131381.stm
Guardian newspaper Special report - constantly updated. Links to interactive guides and country-by-country reports. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/0,15671,1380306,00.html
Waves of destruction - CNN news special site. Features latest reports, eyewitness accounts and resources including a video log. http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/
How the mangrove shield was lost Powerful business interests left Asian coastal protection in tatters before the tsunami, reports environment journalist John Vidal in The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1383844,00.html
Sri Lanka The village of Dutchbar has lost everything, but survivors must focus on their basic needs, writes Christian Aid's Anjali Kwatra in The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1381360,00.html
Aid to wave victims BBC news 29 Dec 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4131437.stm Guardian Dec 31 Dec 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1381590,00.html BBC News 6th Jan 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4149405.stm BBC News 12th Jan 2006 - criticism of aid spending http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4604646.stm
Plea not to forget the world's other humanitarian crises Oxfam press release. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/press/releases/asiaquake4_coordination_301204.htm
UN scepticism The United Nations - along with international aid agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) - is expressing scepticism over the eventual delivery of the hefty 2.5 billion dollars in pledges made by donors for tsunami disaster relief operations in south and southeast Asia. http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26894
Oxfam press release details how donor governments do not always meet funding pledges. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/press/releases/asiaquake_support_311204.htm
DEC report (Jan 2006) Criticism of tsunami spending http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4604646.stm DEC response http://www.dec.org.uk/index.cfm/asset_id,1689/pr,1 The report http://www.dec.org.uk/uploads/documents/dectsunaACFF.pdf
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Do you know this
boy? "The boy about 2 years, from Khoa Lak is missing his parents. Nobody knows what country he comes from. If anyboy known him please contact us... " |
The above
message was sent to me by a friend in an e-mail on
January 7th 2005. This boy has been claimed by relatives.
Many families who survived the tsunami have simply no
idea whether their relatives are alive or dead. The
problem is made worse when survivors are children or
cannot tell you who they are (and don't have the
resources available to wealthy tourists). Some apparent
orphans have been 'claimed' by more than one couple and
there are fears of child trafficking.
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Natural hazards and disaster relief
"Earthquakes themeslves rarely kill; they do their worst by causing buildings to collapse on people, by creating deadly tsunamis or by setting off landslides. Distruption to infrastructure prevents rescue services from reaching areas in time, and of course clears the way for those other horsemen of the apocalypse, famine and pestilence." Dr. Charles Groat, director of the U.S. Geological Survey
Natural disaster reference database http://ndrd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Natural hazards http://www.naturalhazards.org/
Why hazard prediction is important http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=GroatAAAS
Indian Ocean warning system Detecting a tsunami. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4524642.stm UNESCO tsunami warning system http://ioc3.unesco.org/indotsunami/ GITWS The German system http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/html/projects/TEWS/index-en.html
Surviving a tsunami http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
Relief Web lists by natural disasters and countries. Digest of reports and relief efforts. Disaster response information on current natural disasters and archival material dating back to 1981, listed chronologically.ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf Relief web map centre http://www.reliefweb.int/w/map.nsf/home
Disaster Relief American Red Cross and CNN site. Archived articles date back to 1996. Not always completely up-to-date, but good for past events. http://www.disasterrelief.org/
Earth Watch keeps an eye on the many different disaster events happening around the world. Clickable map format. http://www.disasterrelief.org/EarthWatch/
Oxfam paper Program Review Report – New Directions in Emergency Response http://www.oxfam.org.au/world/emergencies/review.html
Plea not to forget the world's other humanitarian crises Oxfam press release. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/press/releases/asiaquake4_coordination_301204.htm
Plan Plan is an international humanitarian organisation helping children to realise their full potential. http://www.plan-uk.org/ Children in disasters - after the cameras have gone. www.plan-uk.org/pdfs/Children.pdf
Stopping crises from becoming catastrophes Can disaster management be better integrated with development? http://www.id21.org/society/s10atp1g1.html
Christian Aid - Facing up to the storm Lessons from Orissa and Gujerat. http://www.christianaid.org.uk/indepth/0307stor/facinguptothestorm.pdf
Seeds - India Promotes people oriented campaigns to help communities prepare themselves in the event of natural or manmade disasters. http://www.seedsindia.org/
Thunderbirds are No Go! High-tech search-and-rescue teams are ready to fly out of Western countries as soon as disaster strikes on the other side of the world. But would they do better to stay at home? Article from New Internationalist. http://www.newint.org/issue222/thunderbirds.htm August 1991 issue on Disasters http://www.newint.org/issue222/contents.htm
Disaster diplomacy A radical perspective from a group of academics.Can disasters induce international cooperation amongst enemy countries? http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/disasterdiplomacy/index.html
The Future of Aid, 2005-2010: challenges and choices Overseas Development Institute report covering the wider issues (Feb 2004). http://www.odi.org.uk/speeches/future_of_aid/meeting_report_29january04.html
Time to cut the UK's aid strings Open letter - War on Want (1st Dec 2004). http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=9073
UN scepticism The United Nations -- along with international aid agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) -- is expressing scepticism over the eventual delivery of the hefty 2.5 billion dollars in pledges made by donors for tsunami disaster relief operations in south and southeast Asia. http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26894
Oxfam press release details how donor governments do not always meet funding pledges. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/press/releases/asiaquake_support_311204.htm
Has Kashmir aid gone too far? BBC Jan 12 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4599540.stm Kashmir’s earthquake: don’t care or don’t know? Beena Sarwar, Open Democracy article Nov 2005 http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-india_pakistan/earthquake_relief_3024.jsp
DEC report (Jan 2006) Criticism of tsunami spending http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4604646.stm DEC response http://www.dec.org.uk/index.cfm/asset_id,1689/pr,1 The report http://www.dec.org.uk/uploads/documents/dectsunaACFF.pdf
Agencies involved in relief work
Agencies involved in reconstruction work
What is needed for sustainable recovery? World conference at Kobe (Jan 05) draft report. http://www.unisdr.org/wcdr/thematic-sessions/hlrt-reports/high-level-round-table-3.pdf
UN FAO Tsunami page has details of reconstruction projects http://www.fao.org/tsunami/ For example fish farming at Banda Aceh http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/field/2005/100214/index.html
Oxfam The tsunami page http://oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/emergencies/country/asiaquake/index.htm "One area that has so far received less attention is the gender impact of the tsunami, and its impact on women in particular." http://oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/conflict_disasters/bn_tsunami_women.htm
Action Aid Asia page http://www.actionaid.org/asia/
World Health Organisation Three months on - report planning for future. http://www.who.int/hac/crises/international/asia_tsunami/3months/en/index.html
Learning and Teaching Scotland Tsunami disaster resource packs developed for Scottish schools (Modern Studies, Geography, citizenship). WebQuest activities. Downloadable in a variety of formats (Word, text and pdf) and free if used in Scottish schools. http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/nq/search2.asp?guidResource=5390&vw=2&id=23365
