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Further Reading - Natural Hazards

Earthquake Commission – EQC is New Zealand’s primary provider of natural disaster insurance to residential property owners.

Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management – Ministry responsible for national civil defence emergency management planning and the national crisis management centre.

Get Thru – Resources for preparing and responding to natural hazards.

Te Ara - Natural Hazards & Disasters – Online encyclopaedia with multimedia content.

Natural Hazards Research Centre – Based at the University of Canterbury.

Property Insight – Property hazard information.

Monitoring:

Hazard Watch – Hazard monitoring information from GNS Science.

GNS Science - National expert on geological hazards and risk, and their economic, social, and environmental impacts.

GeoNet - Geological hazard monitoring system in New Zealand.

NIWA - National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Limited.

MetService – New Zealand’s national meteorological service.

Below: The National Crisis Management Centre or 'The Bunker' during Exercise Ruaumoko.

Further Reading - Earthquakes

Awesome Forces – Te Papa’s online education resource for teachers and students.

Wellington City Libraries – Book resources on earthquakes.

US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards – Including earthquake resources for kids.

Below: A fault line opens up on an Edgecumbe farm.

Further Reading - Volcanoes

Volcanoes – Te Ara Encyclopaedia of New Zealand.

Volcanic ash – What it can do and how to prevent damage – Advice about volcanic ash falls.

Health hazards of volcanic ash – a guide for the public (pdf).

Guidelines on preparedness before, during and after an ashfall (pdf).

Ruapehu lahar emergency response plan development process – From the Australian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 2004.

Volcanic hazards in New Zealand – Ash falls, lava flows, lahars… what to expect during and after a volcanic eruption.

Ruapehu Lahar Residual Risk Assessment – Report from the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management assessing the residual risks associated with a lahar generated on Ruapehu.

Volcanoes of Auckland - An Auckland Regional Council website for school pupils studying the volcanoes of Auckland.

Below: Raoul Island.

Further Reading - Tsunamis

Visualising tsunamis – Animations, graphics and pictures designed for understanding tsunamis.

Tsunami risk and preparedness in New Zealand – Reports for MCDEM about the current knowledge on the tsunami hazard in New Zealand and a report which reviews New Zealand’s level of preparedness at the national and regional level for the tsunami hazards.

Tsunami FAQ – GNS facts about tsunamis.

International tsunami information center - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) tsunami resource.

NOAA tsunami information – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tsunami pages.

Below: A tsunami sign in Indonesia.

Further Reading - Snowstorms

What to do if the power goes out in the winter – a guide for consumers from the Consumer Energy Center, California Energy Commission.

Preliminary analysis of the 12 June 2006 Canterbury snow storm – NIWA estimated snow depths across the entire region and compared these to published information on six previous extensive snow storms in Canterbury (PDF).

Snow days – A brief history of snow in Christchurch with historic photos.

Below: Snow on the Canterbury plains.

Further Reading - Floods

Costs of New Zealand Floods - From a Ministry for the Environment report called, Economic impacts on New Zealand of climate change-related extreme events: Focus on freshwater floods.

Metservice – Warnings, watches and severe weather outlook, where you can sign up to receive email alerts for heavy rain and severe weather alerts.

Floods - Te Ara Encyclopedia.

River Flooding – Information on flooding in the Waikato region.

Memories of the 1981 Kerikeri flood – Eyewitness account.

Restoring a house after flood damage – BRANZ report (PDF).

Planning to avoid flood damage – From NIWA’s Water & Atmosphere vol. 15, no. 3, September 2007.

RiskScape: a new tool for comparing risk from natural hazards – A comprehensive tool for calculating risk to people, property and community infrastructure.

Below: Seaview and the Wellington harbour after flooding in 2004.

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