These links are recommended by IRESC.  They may provide live updates or background information which is useful during IRESC activations.

DISASTER NEWS ANDMANAGEMENT

Reuters AlertNet	Alerting humanitarians to emergencies	http://www.alertnet.org/
Reuters AlertNet	Interactive map	http://www.alertnet.org/map/index.htm
ReliefWeb	Disaster coverage	http://reliefweb.int/
Disaster Map	World disasters news atlas	http://www.mapreport.com/disasters.html
The Disaster Centre	Information for the USA	http://www.disastercenter.com/
USGS	Natural hazards support system	http://nhss.cr.usgs.gov/#
Emergency Management	UK Emergency Management	http://www.emergencymanagement.org.uk/
IFRC	International Federation of the Red Cross	http://www.ifrc.org/

 
AMATEUR RADIO NEWS SERVICES

ARRL News	Amateur Radio Relay League (USA)	http://www.arrl.org/
RSGB News	Radio Society of Great Britain	http://www.rsgb.org/news/
CQ News	CQ News service	http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/
Southgate ARC News	Southgate Amateur Radio Club news	http://www.southgatearc.org/
QRZ News	News service from QRZ.COM	http://www.qrz.com/
eHam News	News service from eHam.net	http://www.eham.net/articles/?type-news
Google	Google news search	http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=amateur+ham+radio+emergency
Raynet news	Radio Amateur's Emergency Network (UK)	http://www.raynet-uk.net/news/
EmComm	Emergency Communications forum	http://www.emcommforum.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

WEATHER AND NATURALHAZARDS

Stormpulse	Current Atlantic activity	http://www.stormpulse.com/
Flooding	FFWC Bangladesh	http://www.ffwc.gov.bd/
Earthquake	Live earthquake mash-up	http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html
Earthquake	Iris Seismic Monitor	http://www.iris.edu/seismon
Earthquake	ASL DCC Telemetry	http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml
Earthquake	Global Report	http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/demo_run.pl
Hurricane	National Hurricane Center advisories	http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Hurricane	NOAA floaters	http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/floaters.html
Hurricane	Mid-Atlantic weather station	http://home.comcast.net/~herbwx/hurrican.html
Typhoon	Tropical Storm Risk	http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com
Typhoon	Tropical cyclones summary	http://tropicalcyclones.blogspot.com
Warnings	World WMO	http://severe.worldweather.org/
Warnings	Europe MeteoAlarm	http://www.meteoalarm.eu/

ONLINE WORLD RADIOAND TELEVISION

vTuner	Radio & TV stations on the Internet	http://vtuner.com/setupapp/guide/asp/BrowseStations/startpage.asp
Global Tuners	Online ham radio receivers	http://www.globaltuners.com/home