To get things moving in this new week, I thought I’d post a collection of interesting links to articles and sources of information related to natural hazards:<\/p>\n
Earthquake hazard in Nepal<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The Guardian blogsite has this excellent article on the measures needed to improve preparedness for a large seismic event in Nepal.\u00a0 I can only agree that the vulnerability of Kathmandu is startling, but worry also about the likely impacts in rural areas<\/a>.\u00a0 Unless we move quickly to address the lack or preparedness a catastrophe is all-but\u00a0 inevitable.<\/p>\n Flood and landslide damage in Victoria, Australia<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Most of the media coverage of the floods in Australia has focused upon Queensland, but Victoria has also been seriously affected.\u00a0 The link provides a description of a photo-investigation of the damage to Grampians National Park – there is a gallery of the damage here<\/a> (click on the left arrow to see most of the images).<\/p>\n EERI reconnaissance report for the Tokuku earthquake in Japan.<\/a> <\/strong>THe EERI reconnaissance reports for the earthquake and tsunami are now appearing online at this page.\u00a0 These are wonderful resources – much more will appear over the coming months.<\/p>\n EERI reconnaissance report for the Christchurch earthquake<\/a>. <\/strong>Similarly, EERI has a wonderful set of resources for the Christchurch earthquake too.<\/p>\n Videos of the Japan tsunami<\/a>. <\/strong> Susan Kieffer’s wonderful Geology in Motion<\/a> blog has a fabulous compilation of videos of the Japan tsunami.\u00a0 They are extraordinary.<\/p>\n