Disaster Management from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Emergency Management

Monitoring Asia-Pacific disasters from space

• Is your family prepared? - A guide for Canadians
• FEMA Site for USA
• New disaster preparedness measures announced by Canada & US
  

• Global Natural Hazards
• Earthquake Emergency Survival Guide

Disaster Prevention

• Bangladesh to plant 100 million trees to fight floods and cyclones
  

Disasters in the News - These two contrasting disasters, both of which happened in May of 2008, clearly demonstrate the logistical and political difficulties with helping people after a disaster.

• Burma Cyclone News page
• Burma Cyclone: Mapping the aftermath
• Burma: A tale of two disasters
  

• Myanmar cyclone kills at least 351
Update: Burmese storm toll at 10,000
Aerial video reveals Burma devastation
Aid effort for cyclone-hit Burma
Aid call as Burma casualties rise to over 15,000
Burma authorises UN aid delivery
Visa obstacles, logistical difficulties stall aid to Burma
Burma's death toll soars to over 22,000
Mangrove destruction partly to blame for Myanmar toll
Mangrove loss puts Burma at risk
Confusion over US aid for Burma
Eyewitness: Managing chaos
BBC reporter inside Burma on the chaos
Burma shuns foreign aid workers
Security Council divided on response to Myanmar cyclone
West presses Myanmar on aid: China says don't play politics
UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar
Burma storm aid frustrations grow
Estimated 3.2 million Burmese affected by cyclone
Donors pledge $50 million to help Burma