Introduced you to the following disaster information.
1) General info. 2) Database 3) Update info
1) General info is the first website to check.
1. UNISDR
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/disaster-statistics

2) Database is the key to analyze the target disasters.
1. EM-DAT
http://www.emdat.be/
2. DesInventar
http://www.desinventar.net/index_www.html

3) Info. Update website can be checked daily.
These are also useful to overview of the recent disasters.
1. ReliefWeb
http://reliefweb.int/disasters
2. ADRC
http://www.adrc.asia/
3. ROSE
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/
4. GDACS
http://www.gdacs.org/

Concerning, data on demographic, socioeconomic, and others, we should
clarify the levels from national to local.
County Level
1. UN data
http://data.un.org/
2. World Bank open data
http://data.worldbank.org/
3. CIA world factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Provincial (States) Level
1. Government Office (National Statistics Office,etc.)
Community Level
1. Local Government Office

When I investigate the disasters, I first go to the ADRC (if the country is Asia) and Relief Web to see some significant numbers such as the death toll and affected numbers. Then, check the disaster history of the target areas by EM-DAT and Desinventar (if the country is listed). I also overview the county’s background by CIA world factbook and check some socio-economic data by UN or World bank open data. Besides, the local government or community data of the target area are significant to be accessed. These are the first action to grasp the whole picture of the disaster.

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