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The best source on recent Natural Disasters is:

• Newsbank
  • Special Reports
    • "Natural Disasters of the World"

Other sources for current events include:

• EBSCO
  • High School Databases
    • Newspaper Source
    • Topic Search

• Gale
  • Info Trac OneFile

• eLibrary
  • Advanced Search
  • Last 2 Years

• Grolier
  • NewsNow

Tips for locating Remote Sensing Devices:

• Using the above databases,
  • Change search options from SUBJECT search to KEYWORD search;
  • Use terms such as "earthquake remote sensing" {disaster device}
  • Experiment with as many synonyms as possible: monitors, monitoring systems, sensors, etc.
  • Also use specific device names such as buoys, robots, animals, animal behavior, etc.