South Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster
Organizations and Agencies • Aid Organizations • General Tsunami Information • News Agencies
On December 26, 2004, a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated coastlines throughout South Asia and beyond. Thousands of casualties have already been reported and the list of people missing continues to grow. In light of this tragedy, the Natural Hazards Center is providing a list of resources to keep people informed of the relief efforts underway.
The links we’ve provided are meant to connect our readers to current news and information about the event and direct them to organizations accepting donations for those affected by the disaster.
Organizations and Agencies
Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network:
http://www.adrrn.net/
Asian Disaster Reduction Center:
http://www.adrc.or.jp/top.php
Australian Government “Tsunamiassist”:
http://www.tsunamiassist.gov.au/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/
Center for International Disaster Information:
http://www.cidi.org/
DigitalGlobe:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html
FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Asia_Tsunamis.shtml
International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific:
http://ioc.unesco.org/itsu/
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research:
http://mceer.buffalo.edu/
http://www.ncptsd.org/topics/tsunami.html
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tsunami Animations:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2357.htm
Pacific Disaster Center:
http://www.pdc.org/
Relief Web:
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vWN
U.K. Department for International Development:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
U.S. Agency for International Development:
http://www.usaid.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/
United Nations Development Programme Disaster Reduction Unit:
http://www.undp.org/bcpr/disred/
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
United Nations Joint Logistics Center:
http://www.unjlc.org/content/index.phtml/itemId/5478
World Health Organization:
http://www.who.int/en/
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
Aid Organizations
American Red Cross:
https://www.redcross.org/
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance:
http://www.give.org/
CARE ( USA):
http://www.careusa.org/
Catholic Relief Services:
http://www.kintera.org/htmlcontent.asp?cid=41794
CNN (list of aid organizations accepting donations):
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/tsunami.aidsites/
Church World Services:
http://www.churchworldservice.org/
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies:
http://www.ifrc.org/
Mercy Corps:
http://www.mercycorps.org/home/
Oxfam:
http://www.oxfam.org/eng/programs_emer_asia.htm
Salvation Army:
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Save the Children ( USA):
http://www.savethechildren.org/emergencies/asia_overview.asp?StationPub=hp_asia_overview&ArticleID=&NewsID =
UNICEF:
http://www.unicef.org/
U.S. Agency for International Development (lists numerous agencies accepting donations for tsunami victims): http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html
World Vision:
http://www.worldvision.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKVLbMVIwG&b=277262
General Tsunami Information
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):
http://www.fema.gov/rrr/talkdiz/tsunami.shtm
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tsunamis/tsunami.shtm
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center:
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center:
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
International Tsunami Information Center:
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC):
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/tsu.shtml
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Tsunami Research Program:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/
University of Washington:
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/intro.html
USGS – Life of a Tsunami:
http://temp.water.usgs.gov/tsunami/basics.html
News Agencies
ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/?WNTad=true
MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/
BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm
CBS News:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/
Disaster News Network:
http://www.disasternews.net/
Google:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=tsunami
National Geographic News:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0107_050107_tsunami_index.html
NPR:
http://www.npr.org/