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BBC.co.uk
Asia quake
disaster - pictures, video reports, accounts of how the quake
unfolded, earthquake guides and eye witness accounts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm
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Bounce
Back Sri Lanka.org
Find out
how the Island is recovering from the impact of the tsunami.
http://www.bouncebacksrilanka.org/
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CNN.com
Videos,
eye witness accounts, survivors tales, tsunami facts, etc.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/
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DG&G
Gazetteers Plus
South East
Asian tsunami links.
http://www.gazetteers.com/legal.asp?type=tsunami
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Earth
Alerts
A free
program that allows you to track natural events like tsunamis,
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and hurricanes all
over the planet in real time.
http://earthalerts.manyjourneys.com/
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Google
Links to
web sites providing information about the tsunami, as well
as to organizations channeling donations or providing disaster
relief to victims in the affected region.
http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html
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International
Committee for Red Cross
The website
has been set up to help those separated by conflict or disaster
to find information about their loved ones in order to restore
contact.
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/
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Maps
of World.com
A map detailing
the countries hit by the tsunami of 26th December, 2004.
http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-news/clickable-south-asia-map.html
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NWS.NOAA.gov
Advice
on what to do if a tsunami is approaching.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami6.htm
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Pacific
Marine Environmental Laboratory
Find out
more about the PMEL's programme to mitigate tsunami hazards
to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/
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Pacific
Marine Environmental Laboratory
Tsunami-related
links and resources on the Web.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/links.html
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Smart
Travel Asia
Provides
a rough guide to Asia's tsunami recovery, by detailing which
resorts were hit and which have now recovered.
http://www.smarttravelasia.com/Tsunami.htm
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Tourism
Authority of Thailand
Visit this
site, if you want to know the latest on the tsunami-hit areas
of Thailand.
http://www.tourismthailand.org/
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University
of Washington
Tsunami
information resource.
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
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US
Geological Survey
A free
PDF document containing lessons on how to survive a tsunami,
based on accounts from people who survived the tsunami generated
by the largest earthquake ever measured - the magnitude 9.5
earthquake in Chile on May 22, 1960.
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/circular/c1187/
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The
Worst Case Scenario
The
Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel, by Joshua Piven
and David Borgenicht, includes a chapter on how to survive
a tsunami.
http://www.worstcasescenarios.com/
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Time
Asia
Discover
how the communities hit by the 2004 tsunami are fairing.
http://www.time.com/time/asia/2005/tsunami/
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Travel
Aid 50
A fund-raising
initiative by the UK Travel Industry to support projects to
re-build and sustain community infrastructure, such as schools,
orphanages and community centres, in tourism destinations
affected by the 2004 tsunami.
http://www.travelaid50.co.uk/
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Visit
Maldives.com
Maldives
tsunami updates.
http://www.visitmaldives.com.mv/mu/latest/update_situation_assessment.php
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Wikipedia
Background
information, casualty data and links to various sources of
information relating to the Indian Ocean earthquake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
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Wikipedia
A detailed
explanation of what a tsunami actually is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
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World
Tourism Organization
Key facts
about the impact the 2004 Tsunami has had on tourism in Asia.
http://www.ternalert.org/emergencies/tsunami/
http://www.sos.travel/
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