Below are a list of links organized by the different paradigm approaches
Engineering Paradigm: What measures can be taken into account after the help of science allows us to build and construct features in order to reduce the impact of hazards.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
This link allows you to see earthquakes as their happening throughout the world within the past 7 days.
Behavioral Paradigm: This gets into why humans do the things they do. This paradigm suggests things like people shouldn't live along the coast or within flood zones.
Following the weather throughout the world allows one to become more aware of the potential situations arising not only in their area but in a larger context as well.
http://www.weather.com/
Development Paradigm: What can be done following a disaster this would include rescue efforts and medical attention.
FEMA comes in after a disaster in order to help with clean-up and to help the community after a disaster event has struck their area.
http://www.fema.gov/
Controlling disease before it takes a toll on your community is the first step in preventing death. This can include air pollution and even carbon monoxide poisening.
http://www.cdc.gov/
The United Nations Environment Program
Their Mission: To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
http://www.unep.org/disastersandconflicts/
Complexity Approach: If you take all the paradigms and look at a disaster from a multiple perspective what occuring that allowed this hazard to become so destructive.
To follow up to date natural disasters and the events preceeding, CNN has a Natural Disaster's webpage that gives constant updates.
http://topics.cnn.com/topics/natural_disasters
