• Regional Events
• Individual and Notable Events
• Risk Prediction Initiative
• Centers
• Dynamics & Monitoring
• Histories, Databases and Datasets
• Other Background Information

Histories, Databases and Datasets

• The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492 - Present: (Rappaport and Fernandez-Partagas)
  Database of Atlantic hurricanes associated with loss of life
• Past Hurricane History (NCEP)
  Maps and reports on recent hurricanes, plus hurricane tracks for 1851-2000
• Donnelly and Woodruff 2007 Nature 447:
  5,000 Year Puerto Rico Intense Hurricane Proxy Data
• Hippensteel and Martin 1999 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 149:
  Folly Island, South Carolina Overwash Deposit Foraminifera Data
• Nyberg et al. 2007 Nature 447:
  Reconstruction of Atlantic Hurricane Frequency 1730 - 1990
• Hurricanes (NCDC/NOAA)
  Special Reports from National Climatic Data Center
• HURDAT Database (AOML))
  Data for 1851-1885
• Atlantic Hurricane Re-Analysis Project (Update of HURDAT database)
• Harvard Forest Data Catalog: Hurricane Studies (Long Term Ecological Research Program) Including landscape and regional impacts of New England hurricanes, 1635-1991.
  
• UNISYS Weather Hurricane/Tropical Data (commercial site)
  Atlantic (1886-2000) and East and West Pacific (1940s-2000) tropical storms
• UCM/UVigo/UPO Paleocyclones from Spanish documentary sources.
  
• Experts Unearth Our Stormy Past. New York Times (Requires Registration) , July 24, 2001 (Andrew C. Revkin) and animation of sediment deposits

Regional Sites

• A Reevaluation of the Georgia and Northeast Florida Hurricane
  of 2 October 1898 Using Historical Resources (Al Sandrik) and AMS Paper (Sandrik and Jarvinen)
  
• Louisiana Hurricane History (David Roth )
  1500s - 1997
• Virginia Hurricane History (David Roth and Hugh Cobb )
  1500s - 1999
• Texas Hurricane History (David Roth )
  1500s - 1999
• New England Hurricanes (Brown University)
  Brief historical overview, major events from 1635
• Maine Hurricane History (Wayne Cotterly)
  Historical overview with details on 20th century events
• California Tropical Storms (USA Today; commercial site)
  1900-1997
• North Carolina Hurricane History (NOAA Coastal Services)
  1950s-present
• Past Tropical Storms Affecting the Carolinas -- Currently not active --(NWS)
  1975-1999

Individual and Notable Events

• Gale of '78: Storm 9 of the 1878 Hurricane Season (NOAA Hydrometeorological Prediction Center)
• Photos of Galveston Hurricane, 1900 (NOAA Photo Library)
  
• Special Report on the Galveston Hurricane of September 8, 1900 by Isaac M. Cline (NWS)
• 1938 Hurricane (Harvard Forest Data Datalog: Hurricane Studies, Long Term Ecological Research Program)
  Forest damage and reconstruction of 1938 Hurricane in New England

Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) & Risk Assessment Programs

• Climate Science & Insurance Risk - Bermuda Biological Station's
  Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) -- Currently unavailable
  Overview of RPI's program linking hurricane research and the (re)insurance industry
• Tropical Cyclones and Climate Variability: A Research Agenda for the Next Century (RPI)-- Currently unavailable
• Hurricane and Extreme Storm Impact Studies (USGS Center for Coastal Geology)

Centers

• National Hurricane Center (NOAA, NCEP, NWS Tropical Prediction Center)
  Information on current storms, outlooks, and historical information (archived by state and decade)
• Hurricane Research Division (NOAA/AOML) Hurricane data (including HURDAT),
  Information on hurricane meteorology and current research
• Natural Hazards Center- (University of Colorado)
  Includes the Natural Hazards Center On-line Library Database, HazLit Database Search )
• Tropical Meteorology Project (Colorado State University)

Dynamics & Monitoring

• Hurricanes (NOAA)
  Nature's Greatest Storms (Portal site)
• National Hurricane Center (NOAA, NCEP, NWS Tropical Prediction Center)
  Current active tropical system
  
• Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms on Earth (NASA Earth Observatory)
  Primer on storm formation, anatomy, and more
• Hurricane Climate (Florida State University research)
  Topics include dynamics, trends, prediction research, effects of ENSO, NAO

Other Background Information

• Paleotempestology (Brown University)
• Glossary of Hurricane Terms (NHC)
• Hurricane Awareness (NOAA Office of Climate, Water & Weather Services)
• Hurricane Slide Sets & Posters from NGDC-DMSP
• NCEP Saffir/Simpson (NHC)
• Historical Significant Events Imagery (NCDC)
  Includes imagery for hurricanes of the last decad e
• FAQ : Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones (AMOL)
• Atlantic basin hurricanes: Indices of climatic changes (AMOL)