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Remember, your job as the humanitarian is to:
- find what impact this has on people in the area,
- what can be done to help, also,
- what organizations generally respond and what do they do (you will need to research this component online).
Humantarian Sheet- Link to GoogleDocs file
Tsunami Links
2004 Tsunami economic impact report
Paper on multiple effects of the 2004 tsunami
What to do before, during, and after
Mudslide/Landslide Links
What to do- Ca Dept. of Public Health
Ecologic effect of landslides (pdf file)
Psychological effect of disaster on children (pdf file)
Avalanche Links
Right to humanitarian assistance
Voice of Russia- Current stories of avalanches
Floods/Storm Flooding
Flood Relief- Army
Humanitarian Efforts in Malawi- UN support
Global Humanitarian Assistance- Aid from US
Flooding: Devastating Floods and Heavy Rains- NRDC
Sinkholes (in the southeast)
The Science of Sinkholes- scroll through the USGS page with information
Sinkholes, West Central Florida: A link between surface water and groundwater- USGS publication; scroll down about 12 pages
Sinkholes in Florida: Causes, Prevention, and Damage Repair- Information based on a foundation repair company in Florida
Sinkhole Questions: Florida Department of Environmental Protection- Scroll through the 26 questions
