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USGS stopped producing its earthquake maps in format that can be easily incorporated on a web page.  The link still works. The effect is that it has made earthquake information more difficult to access and distribute.

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June 18, 2021 ---Heavy rain and flash flooding possible from the Great Lakes to Ohio Valley and on the central Gulf Coast.  Severe thunderstorms possible from Middle Mississippi Valley to Great Lakes.
Today there is an area of enhanced risk of severe weather for central and central east IL, IN and OH.  An area of slight risk surrounds the area of enhanced risk.
June 17, 2021 ---Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, and flash flooding possible for the Upper Mississippi Valley to Great Lakes.  Critical fire weather for parts of the Central Rockies through Central Plains States. A depression is forecast to form Friday in the Gulf   If it becomes a named storm, it will be called "Claudette."  The seven day precipitation forecast is calling for over 5 inches of rainfall over southeastern LA southeast MS, most of AL and northwest GA.  Higher amounts are forecast for far southeast LA far southeast MS and central AL.
Today there is an area of enhanced risk of severe weather for southeast MN, central and northeast IA, southwest WI, and far northwest IL.  An area of slight risk surrounds this area.  Tomorrow an area of enhanced risk is forecast to form over central IN west to east and most of OH.
June 16, 2021 ---Critical Fire Weather possible for the Central Great Basin, Northern Rockies, and Northern Plains States.
Robertson Draw Fire – Montana
The fire began on June 13, and is burning on state and private land in and around Red Lodge and Belfry (combined population 2,500), Threatening 450 homes, 312 buildings, infrastructure, utilities and equipment, Over 10,000 acres burned; 0% contained, Voluntary evacuations in effect for 900 people.
Tropical Activity: Previous forecast for Gulf of Mexico storm still valid. 
June 15, 2021 --Critical Fire Weather possible for Central Great Basin, Northern Rockies, and Northern Plains.
Tropical Activity:
The second named storm of the season Tropical Storm Bill is heading out into the North Atlantic where shear will pull it apart.  Meanwhile, in the Gulf, the storm we've written about is still forecast to make landfall around the 19th.  The seven day precipitation forecast is now calling for over seven inches of rain from south east LA to far west FL, along coastal areas, with lessor amounts forecast inland.
COVID-19 Weekly Update:
▪ Confirmed US COVID-19 Cases: 33,292,045 (+98,365) 0.30%
▪ Confirmed US COVID-19 Deaths: 597,343 (+2,541) 0.43%
The number of cases and deaths continue to decline and since deaths take place weeks after cases the rate of increase in deaths remains higher than the rate of increase in cases.
June 14, 2021 ---Severe Thunderstorms possible for the Mid-Atlantic states.  Heavy Rain with Flash Flooding possible for Southern Florida.  Critical Fire Weather possible for the Central Great Basin.  Tropical storm activity: Tropical Depression Two has formed off the coast of North Carolina and is forecast to become a Tropical Storm.  Moing northest it doesn't appear to be headed for a USA landfall.  The low in the Bay of Campeche is still forecast to make a USA landfall on the Gulf coast.  The seven day precipitation forecast is calling for over five inches of ranfall over southeast LA.
June 13, 2021 ---Severe Thunderstorms possible in the Mid-Atlantic states.
• Tropical Activity: The GFS is showing development of a tropical storm./hurricane with landfall now forecast for the TX/LA border around the 20th.
June 12, 2021 ---Heavy rainfall/flash flooding possible for parts of South Carolina.
•   Tropical Activity:
Disturbance 1 is Expected to slowly form over several days over the Bay
of Campeche and become a Tropical depression by midweek.  The GFS model is now showing landfall the 19th on the AL/FL coast and then running into a high that disapates the storm, but not beofe dropping  rainfall across southern AL/FL/GA.
June 11, 2021 ---Severe thunderstorms possible over the Central Plains.  Heavy rainfall/flash flooding possible for portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley & Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic.
The National Hurricane center is reporting on.Disturbance 1, which is expected to form early next week over the Bay of Campeche and the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.  The computer model is showing a storm approaching the central Gulf coast at the end of next week.
June 10, 2021 ---Enhanced risk of severe weather over east and northeast Montana, northwest through south and west North Dakota, northwest and north central through central south and west South Dakota to northwest Nebraska.  Severe thunderstorms possible over the Northern/Central Plains.  Heavy rainfall/flash flooding possible from the Lower Mississippi to Ohio Valley.  Extreme fire weather for CO and UT, and Critical fire weather AZ, CO, MN, NM, UT, OR, and WY.   FMAG approved - for the Jacks Valley Fire, NV.  The fire began on June 9, 2021, and is burning on Federal, state, and private land in and around the city of Indian Hills, NV, Threatening 1,000 homes, 10 business and a school, the General Improvement District, water tanks supporting Indian Hills, and high voltage transmission lines.350 acres burned; 0% contained. Voluntary evacuations in effect for 2,000 people.
June 9, 2021 ---Severe thunderstorms possible over the Northern/Central Plains.  Heavy rainfall/flash flooding possible for the Lower Mississippi to Ohio Valley.  Critical fire weather for NV, UT, and Elevated Fire Weather AZ, NM, UT, WY, and ID.
Severe weather and flash flooding prompted voluntary evacuations and local road closures are in effect across northern Mississippi. 150 homes have been impacted, and 60+ roadways are flooded, in Panola, Sunflower, and Bolivar Counties.
The area of enhanced risk of severe weather identified yesterday is still forecast for tomorrow.. 
•   Tropical Activity: There is slowly developing low over the SW Caribbean Sea, which a computer forecasting model shows develops into a tropical storm in a little over a week from now. It also shows it developing into a hurricane around ten days from now and making a run up the Texas coast with a Louisiana land fall.  We'll keep an eye on this one and provide updates in the days ahead.
June 8, 2021 ---Severe thunderstorms possible for the Northern/Central Plains.   Heavy rainfall/flash flooding possible for portions of the Lower Mississippi to Ohio Valley.  Critical fire weather for NV, UT, CO, WY, and AZ.
The three day Severe Thunderstorm Outlook is showing an enhanced are of risk over eastern MT, and central through western ND and SD.
Weekly U.S. COVID-19 totals:
o Confirmed Cases: 33,193,680 (+114,137) 0.34 %
o Confirmed Deaths: 594,802 (+3,537) 0.59%
June 7, 2021 ---Excessive rainfall and flash flooding possible for parts of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley.  Severe weather possible for the Northern Plains.  Critical fire weather for NV and UT.  Tropical Activity: Disturbance in the southern Gulf of Mexico with a Low 20% risk of development over the next five days.  Around the 18th -19th, long range computer model forecast is showing two lows in the Gulf of Mexico.
 Telegraph Fire 5389-FM-AZ
The fire began June 4 and has burned 41,109 acres of State and Private land and threatens homes in and around the communities of Top of the World, Kearny, Superior, Kelvin, Riverside, Miami, and Dripping Springs, AZ (pop. 10k), five mines, critical area watershed, power distribution lines, and cell towers.  200 residents have been evacuated
June 6, 2021 ---Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding possible for the Southern Plains & Lower Mississippi Valley.  Elevated & Critical Fire Weather fo the Great Basin, Southwest, & Northern Plains and Red Flag Warnings for NV, UT, and AZ.
FM-UT Mammoth Fire– Utah: The fire began on June 5, 2021, and is burning on federal land and currently moving to state, and private land around Mammoth Creek.  Village near the city of Panguitch, Utah (pop 1,785) ▪ 1,000 acres burned; 0% contained ▪ Mandatory evacuations in effect for 150 people.
June 5, 2021 ---Heavy rain/flash flooding for parts of the central and eastern south and severe thunderstorms for the central north and the northeast north.
June 4, 2021 ---Heavy rain/flash flooding for pats of TX & LA.  Severe thunderstorms for the Northern Plains.
June 3, 2021 --- Heavy rain/flash flooding for parts of southern Texas, Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast.  Severe thunderstorms from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast.   Elevated fire weather and isolated dry thunderstorms for the Central Great Basin, Northern Intermountain, and Northern Plains.
Louisiana -- Major Disaster Declaration FEMA-4606-DR-LA for Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding between May 17th to  the 21st Individual Assistance for five parishes.
June 2, 2021 ---There are no severe weather warnings for today this morning.  There is some ongoing flooding in Texas and it looks like in the days ahead there will be more coming.
FEMA Weekly Update of State-Specific Covid-19 Funeral Assistance Information
Applicants may apply by calling 844-684-6333 (TTY: 800-462-7585) from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. Multilingual services are available. Please note, phone calls from FEMA may come from an unidentified number. Additional information about the assistance and frequently asked questions are available on FEMA.gov.
June 1, 2021 ---Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding possible for Southern Plains, Lower and Middle Mississippi Valleys
Weekly U.S. COVID-19 totals:
o Confirmed Cases: 33,088,420 (+155,083) 0.4 % increase in cases
o Confirmed Deaths: 591,421 (+4,719) 0.8 % increase in deaths  This is an increase in deaths over the previous week.

The Disaster Center is pleased to be able to provide a copies of  Earthquake Safety at Home
through Amazon.
To learn more about this book go to our Earthquake Safety at Home page. 

NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New and Other Structures - Sept. 2020

August 4, 2020 --- National Rankings for Covid Cases per confirmed Cases, for Confirmed cases per thousand, and for Deaths per thousand.
The Disaster Center Covid-19 Chronicle -- The Disaster Center Covid-19 Diary -- John Hopkins Covid -19 Map -- WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard -- CDC Covid-19 Communication Toolkit -- For Migrants, Refugees, and Other Limited-English-Proficient Populations -- FEMA's Situation Report -- FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2021  -- FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2020 --    FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2019 --   FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2018 -- FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2017 --  FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2016 -- FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2015 --  FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2014  --  FEMA Daily Situation Report Archive 2013
We've upgraded and added to our Crime Reports pages.  The new pages integrate crime and imprisonment by year and States.

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FEMA has tools to help people.  It also has a poor history of maintaining link addresses, which is why we don't have many links to FEMA's site.  Let us know is these links stop working. Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) Locator --   FEMA App. Download it for free from the App Store or GooglePlay.-- If you are located in the area of a declared Major Disaster you can register online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362 or TTY 800-462-7585. If you use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS), call 800-621-3362. Operators are multilingual and calls are answered seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CDT.

People affected by conflict: Humanitarian needs in numbers - 2013 (PDF)     Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) – CRED (2013)
FEMA fraud hotline at 800-323-8603 or email DHSOIGHOTLINE@DHS.GOV. This can include information on contractors, inspectors, disaster survivors or anyone posing as any of these. Complaints also can be made via the FEMA disaster assistance helpline at 800-621-3362 (TTY 800-462-7585) or with state or local law enforcement officials or consumer agencies. 
We've been working on updating the State disaster pages.  Here they are, a work in progress:
Alabama -- Alaska -- Arizona -- Arkansas -- California -- Colorado -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- Florida -- Georgia -- Hawaii -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Maine -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- Michigan -- Minnesota -- Mississippi -- Missouri -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New Mexico -- New York -- North Carolina -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- South Dakota -- Tennessee -- Texas -- Utah -- Vermont -- Virginia -- Washington -- West Virginia -- Wisconsin -- Wyoming
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Ready Rating: A FREE Service from the American Red Cross
The Red Cross, Salvation Army and other volunteer organizations move resources into position so as to be able to respond to disasters. Please consider a donation to the Red Cross  You can text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation or call 1-800 RED CROSS     
There are several ways you can donate to the Salvation Army .  By phone: Call 1-800-SAL-ARMY   By text: Text “GIVE” to 80888.  Also, consider volunteering or donating with  Disaster Relief Agencies and Nongovernment Organizations. 
Red Cross -- After a disaster, letting your family and friends know that you are safe and well can bring your loved ones great peace of mind. This website is designed to help make that communication easier.

FBI's "Tips on Avoiding Fraudulent Charitable Contribution Schemes"

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The people affected will not lack clothing for long and more will be donated than will ever be used.  It will end up in the local landfill, because there is no place to store it.  If you are going to collect clothing have a garage sale with the proceeds going to the victims.  Be responsible, if you collect money get proof that it was donated and make evidence available to those who gave.  Consider volunteering or donating with  Disaster Relief Agencies and Nongovernment Organizations. 
WHO's CRED is reporting that in 2010 a total of 385 natural disasters killed more than 297,000 people worldwide, affected over 217.0 million others and caused US$ 123.9 billion of economic damages. Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010: (PDF 4.2 MB) The Numbers and Trends. Brussels: CRED; 2011-Guha-Sapir D, Vos F, Below R, with Ponserre S.   

There is only one weather authority in the United States, and that's the National Weather Service  For emergency information consult with your local NWS office or your local emergency management agency.  If you want to suggest a link, please post to host@disastercenter.com
SaferProducts.gov: A New World for Consumers, Businesses, and Researchers -- This is a site that the US Chamber of Commerce wants the government to shut down.  Take a Look...

States: 10 Leading Causes of Death
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September 19, 2011 -- We have added the FBI's 2010 State Uniform Crime Reports to our State data which now covers from 1960 to 2010, 50 years of crime statistics.

The National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) has replaced the color codes of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). The new alert system is currently active, active alerts are also available on Twitter and Facebook

 Established 14 years ago, the Disaster Center site has gone through a number of evolutions.  A big part of this work has provided coverage for disasters affecting the United States.  Big stories were Hurricane Dennis, Rita, Katrina, Wilma, Floyd, Mitch, Bret and many others.  One of the most linked to areas on the web site has been our graphics. The most popular of these Hurricane Floyd as it approached the US coast. Current and Historic Atlantic Tropical Storms and Hurricanes

 Our work of mitigating disasters involves the preparation for them, responding to them, and recovering from them.  In an ideal world we would be working on ways to mitigate risk

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