Natural Hazards Apps

Here is a list of a few natural hazards app for android users. Some are more reliable and accurate in comparison to others and some are more user friendly. There is an app to meet a variety of users.

My personal favourite are Disaster Alert-(by Pacific Disaster Center) and Geohazard-(by Natural Hazards-GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). I use these two everyday to keep updated with multi-hazards occurring around the world. They are updated several times a day or as soon as an event occurs so you will always be alerted when an event occurs. They also use reliable sources such as reliefweb or official government organisation, so you can trust the updates and information. You also have a choice of a list or a map of the alerts/events.

There are a few apps such as FEMA, the American Red Cross apps and a few of the tsunami apps which give advice on how to prepare for the hazards. This is extremely useful, especially for those who live in regions around the world affected by the particular hazard. The American Red Cross apps are particularly good, they talk you through stages of preparation, response and recovery, give you updated news of severe events and where to find shelters around you (only for America). Although this app is for America the advice given is generic and can be applied wherever you are in the world.

Test them out and let me know which ones you prefer and find useful and why!

Multi-Hazard:

• Natural Disaster Monitor-(dominoc925)
• Disaster Alert-(Pacific Disaster Center)
• Disaster Alert-(Loola Productions)
• FEMA-(FEMA)
• Elerts Reporter- (ELERTS Corporation)
• Geohazard-Natural Hazards-(GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)

Hurricanes/Tornadoes

• 6ABC StormTracker-(ABC Digital)
•  Intellicast Weather –(WSI Corp)
• WJXT Hurricane Tracker-(Graham Media Group)
• WDSU Hurricane Central-(HTVMA Solutions Inc)
• Hurricane Tracker-(HTVMA Solutions Inc)
• NOAA-(Kelly Technology Inc)
• Hurricane Software-(HurricaneSoftware.com)
• Hurricane-(American Red Cross)
• Tornado-(American Red Cross)
• Tornado Alert-(WraithNet)

Earthquakes

• Earthquakes (RTW)-(horizon apps)
• GeoNet Quake-(GeoNet)
• USGS Earthquake Data-(tsRogers)

Tsunami

• Pacific Ocean Tsunami Alert- (SpaceNext)
• Atlantic Ocean Tsunami Alert-(SpaceNext)
• Indian Ocean Tsunami Alert-(SpaceNext)
• Hawaii Tsunami Info Service-(NOAA Coastal Services Cener Mobile)
• Tsunami Watch-(shazlex)
• Tsunami Early Warning-(ISM Labs)

Volcanoes:

• Volcano Report-(WebEndemics)