Flooding--New Orleans
Source: Scientific American
Drowning New Orleans
This article was published in the October 2001 issue of Scientific American.

Source: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Corps Hurricane Response Page
++ Q&As on Unwatering New Orleans (PDF)

Gone With the Water
From the October 2004 of National Geographic.

Hurricane Katrina--Disaster Relief
Source: American Red Cross
Facts at a Glance: American Red Cross Response to Hurricane Katrina
A growing collection of images is also available .

Hurricane Katrina--Economic Effects
Source: Standard & Poor's
Hurricane Katrina
"Standard & Poor's will continue to closely monitor the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the economy and on equities, credit, industrial, energy & utility, financial services and insurance issuers, and public finance issuers, and will publish updates below as necessary. In most cases, it is still too early to estimate the overall effects of the storm." Most in PDF format; some video reports.

Hurricane Katrina--Fast Facts
Source: U.S. Census
Fast Facts for Hurricane Katrina's Affected Areas
Includes links to reports and maps.

Hurricane Katrina--Health Issues
Hurricane Katrina--Environments Issues
Source: National Library of Medicine
Enviro-Health Links -- Hurricane Katrina: Links to Health Information including toxicology and environmental health

Hurricane Katrina--Imagery
Source: Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Maps/Census Data of New Orleans
"New Orleans has 73 official neighborhoods. For all these neighborhoods, this site contains easy-to-use Census 2000 data--this includes households without cars, poverty, age of housing stock, and other demographics relevant to the impact of Hurricane Katrina. This site also publishes historical snapshots of each of these neighborhoods.

Before and After Satellite Imagery (via GlobeXplorer) ||| Hurricane Katrina ImageAtlas Viewer

More Satellite Imagery, Some Images Taken September 2, 2005 (via Space Imaging)

Satellite Imagery from ORBIMAGE

Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies (via USGS)
"Aerial video, still photography, and laser altimetry surveys of post-storm beach conditions were collected August 31 and September 1, 2005 for comparison with earlier data."

Experimental Storm Surge Flood Models (via LSU, includes maps and imagery)

Emergency Response [Aerial] Imagery via NOAA
"NOAA today posted online more than 350 aerial images of the U.S. Gulf Coast areas that were decimated by Hurricane Katrina. NOAA will be flying more missions in the days ahead that will yield hundreds of additional aerial digital images." Summary info, key images, and additional links here .

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Satellite Imagery (via Earth Scan Laboratory, LSU)

Hurricane Katrina--Maps
Source: FEMA Mapping and Analysis Center
Hurricane Katrina FEMA Maps (Situation Map, Power Outages, etc.)

Tsunami

The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
http://nthmp-history.pmel.noaa.gov/index.html
Site links to Tsunami Research and a U.S. plan for an imporved Tsunami detection and warning system fact sheet.

Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory
http://pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/
The PMEL Tsunami Research Program seeks to mitigate tsunami hazards to Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Research and development activities focus on anintegrated approach to improving tsunami warning and mitigation.

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - Ewa Beach, Hawaii
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
The home page for the National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in
Ewa Beach, Hawai`i.

Tsunami and Earthquake Research at the USGS
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/
Site contains links to tsunami and earthquake research at USGS.

University of Southern California Tsunami Research Center
http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/2005/index.php
Site shows where Tsunamis have struck in the past and what they have done.

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