1 Introduction
Interest in Early Warning
The Precautionary Principle as an Early Warning
The Future Has Arrived Earlier Than Predicted
What Constitutes an Early Warning System?
Threats
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Constraints Assessment
Perception of the Role of EWSs
The Reality of the Role of EWSs
Surprises
Early Warning System FAQs
Forecast Warning Terminology
Geographic Information Systems
2 Climate, Water and Weather Related Hazards
Hurricanes
Severe Winter Storms
Superstorm '93: North America and the Caribbean
Are Seasons of Superstorms a Possibility?
Heat Waves
European Heat Wave 2003
Tornadoes
Nor'easters
El NiSo-Southern Oscillation
Vector-Borne Disease
Severe Weather
Fire Danger Index
Anatomy of Australian Bush Fires
Air Pollution in Metropolitan Areas
Dust and Sandstorm Early Warning
3 Too Much, Too Little
Floods
China's 1998 Great Yangtze River Floods
Flash Floods
Thunderstorms
Drought
NOAA's Palmer Drought Severity Index
Drought in Africa
Australia Monitoring for Drought Early Warning
Drought in Latin America
4 Global Warming
Global Warming
The Polar Regions: A "plate" as an Early Warning about Global Warming
Coral Reef Bleaching
Sea-Level Rise
Integrated Vector Management
5 Earth Hazards
Tsunamis
Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
Volcano Early Warning Systems
Space Weather
U.S. Ultraviolet Forecasts
6 Concluding Thoughts
Foreseeability of Hazards
Lessons Learned about "Lessons Learned",
References
Essential References for Early Warning Systems
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