Disaster Links

Information about Current Disasters

•  ReliefWeb    A service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

•  Havaria Emergency and Disaster Information Service   A real-time disaster plotter and information aggregator from Hungary (tropical cyclones, earthquakes, hail, tornadoes, chemical spills, accidents, volcanoes, etc.)

Wildfires

   National Situation Report    A daily update on wildfire fighting efforts across the nation.

   Colorado Wildfire Links       A link page produced by the CSU libraries.

Notable Front Range Fires of 2002

•  Big Elk Fire        

        4413 acres burned      3 deaths        1 structure burned        Cause: accidental ignition from vehicle

                Big Elk Fire -- Emergency Information from Larimer County   

                Big Elk Fire Incident Page    This page contains vital stats, burn maps, and weather info.

•  Hayman Fire  

  137,000 acres burned   0 deaths    hundreds of structures burned    Cause: arson by forest service worker

          Hayman Fire Incident Page   

  • This was the largest fire in Colorado history. This fire exhibited some of the most extreme fire behavior in Colorado history, growing from 100 acres June 8, then another 25,000 acres June 9, and then in an astonishing 19 mile run on June 10, it gobbled up another 50,000 acres!  Another blow-up on June 17 burnt another 8000 acres. Fire crews finally gained the upper-hand with some help from the weather, and the fire was controlled at 137,000 acres.
  • Bad as this seems, this fire wasn't as bad as another fire experienced by Arizona in 2002.  There two fires merged to form the largest fire in Arizona history. The combined fire torched nearly 469,000 acres, destroyed 467 homes, and caused the evacuation of about 30,000 people.
     

Floods

    1997 Fort Collins Flood 

Drought

   Colorado Drought Links      Also by the CSU libraries

Tropical Cyclones

  I have an extensive page about tropical cyclones on this site which includes a multitude of links to current and historical storm information.

  Tremendous Rains over Chuuk    On July 2, 2002, Tropical Storm Chata'an passed directly over Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, dropping nearly 20" of rain in 18 hours and causing deadly landslides. This is my write-up about this event.

Volcanoes

    Yellowstone Volcanic Information    Is a super eruption in Yellowstone's future?