Natural disasters affect the lives of many thousands of people each year.
Within minutes, a natural disaster can rip apart a community, and change the lives of its residents forever. People who understand disasters and know what to do beforehand and after a disaster hits can significantly reduce disaster deaths and property damage. Below is a list of World Wide Web home pages that provide information on natural disaster safety. It provides continuous broadcasts of the latest weather information from local National Weather Service offices. Weather messages are repeated every 4 to 6 minutes and are routinely updated every 1 to 3 hours or more frequently in rapidly changing local weather or if a nearby hazardous environmental condition exists.