Floods and Flooding Preparedness
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A broad range of useful and easily readable information about floods and flooding
is found at the website of the Indian Institute of Technology
at Roorkee (IITR), and the page for the
Tifac Core
of the IITR includes an online "Centre for Disaster Mitigation" with many
links of related interest.
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Flash Floods and Floods,
a preparedness guide, written in 1992, is full of relevant and useful information
for contemporary families.
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The FEMA Map Service Center
has flood risk maps for almost all areas of the U.S.
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NOAA has posted an online statistical review of flash floods and weather-related fatalities in Hawaii from 1960 through 2005.
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An online school for weather called Jetstream includes many resources, particularly in the appendix
section and additional links.
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The National
Flood Insurance Program provides a flood glossary and other resources.
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At the National Weather Service Pacific Region Headquarters website, there are links to the various
offices in the region, to current hazards and conditions, to imagery and forecasts,
and basic information about issues of climate and of weather safety.
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