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• Arancibia landslide-debris avalanche in Costa Rica: A disaster announced twice - By Rolando Mora Chinchilla, Escuela Centroamericana de Geología, University of Costa Rica
• Costa Rica & Panama Floods - IFRC Information Bulletin 2005
  
• Costa Rica: Floods Information Bulletin No. 2/2005 - IFRC 
• Los grandes deslizamientos (volcanicos y no volcanicos) de tip debris avalanche en Costa Rica, Alvarado G E, Vega E, Chaves J, Vasquez M, 2004, Rev Geol Amer Central, 30: 83-99.
• Landslide early warning in Costa Rica - Costa Rican Red Cross
• Pyroclastic flow generated by crater-wall collapse and outpouring of the lava pool of Arenal volcano, Alvarado G E, Soto G J, 2002, Costa Rica. Bull Volc, 63: 557-568.
• Los Volcanes de Costa Rica, Alvarado G E, 1989, San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad Estatal a Distancia, 175 p.
• Volcanes de Costa Rica: su geologia, historia y riqueza natural, Alvarado G E, 2000. San Jose, Costa Rica: EUNED, 269 p.

El Salvador

• Lahar-Hazards Zonation for San Miguel Volcano, El Salvador, Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., Pullinger, C.R., Escobar, C.D., Chesner, C.A., and Howell, M.M., 2001,  -- USGS Open-File Report 01-395.
• Natural hazards and risk mitigation in El Salvador: An introduction; Rose, W., Bommer, J., Sandoval, C., Geological Society of America Special Paper 375, p. 000–000, 2004.
• Volcanic debris flows in developing countries--the extreme need for public education and awareness of debris-flow hazards Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., and Pullinger, C.R., 2003, -- IN: Rickenmann, D., and Chen, C.L., eds., Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation--Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings of the Third International Conference, Davos, Switzerland, September 10-12, Rotterdam, MillPress Science Publishers, p.1185-1196. Volcano-Hazard Zonation for San Vicente Volcano, El Salvador, Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., Pullinger, C.R., Escobar, C.D., and Howell, M.M., 2001, -- USGS Open-File Report 01-367 Volcano Hazards in the San Salvador Region, El Salvador, Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., Sofield, D.J., Escobar, C.D., and Pullinger, C.R., 2001, -- USGS Open-File Report 01-366

• The 1971 and 1973 eruptions of volcano Fuego, Guatemala, and some socio-economic considerations for the volcanologist, Bonis S, Salazar O, 1973 Bull Volc, 37: 394-400.
• Cerro Quemado, Guatemala: The volcanic history and hazards of an exogenous volcanic dome complex, Conway, F. M., J. W. Vallance, W. I. Rose, G. W. Johns and S. Paniagua, 1992, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res., 52: 303-323.
• Communicating the Risks of Natural Hazards: The World-At-Large Is At Stake -- By Nancy L. Hoft, Last Revised 03 FEBRUARY 2000.
• Edifice collapse and modelling of related hazards in Guatemala, Vallance, J. W., L. Siebert, W. I. Rose, J. R. Gir�n and N. G. Banks, 1995,  J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res. (Glicken Volume), 66: 337-356.
• Histoire eruptive et evaluation des aleas du volcan Acatenango (Guatemala), Basset T, 1996, Terre & Environnement, Univ Geneve, 3: 1-305.
• In Harm's Way: Population and Volcanic Risk, Ewert, J.W., and Harpel, C.J., 2004 -- IN: Geotimes, April 2004, p.14-17.
• Lahar Hazards at Agua Volcano, Guatemala, Schilling, S.P., Vallance, J.W., Matías, O., and Howell, M.M., 2001,  -- USGS Open-File Report 01-432.
• Mount St. Helens and Santiaguito lava domes; the effect of short-term eruption rate on surface texture and degassing processes, Anderson S W, Fink J H, Rose W I, 1995, J Volc Geotherm Res, 69: 105-116.
• Observations of eruptive activity at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala  -- Gregg J.S. Bluth, William I. Rose, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 136 (2004) 297– 302.
• Volcanic Hazards at Atitlán Volcano, Guatemala -- J.M. Haapala , R. Escobar Wolf , J.W. Vallance , W.I. Rose, J.P. Griswold , S.P. Schilling , J.W. Ewert , and M. Mota USGS Open-File Report 2005-1403.
• The volcanoes of Guatemala, Anderson T, 1908, Roy Geog Soc, 31: 473-489.
• Volcano Hazards at Fuego and Acatenango, Guatemala, Vallance, J.W., Schilling, S.P., Matías, O., Rose, W.I., and Howell, M.M., 2001,  -- USGS Open-File Report 01-431.

• Geology of the Bay Islands, Honduras, McBirney, A.R., and Bass, M.N., 1969, American Assoc. of Petroleum Geology Memoir 11, p. 229-243.
• Hurricane Stan: Hondurans try to get back on their feet  (Posted 10/22/05) 
• Volcanic history of Honduras, Williams, H., and McBirney, A.R., 1969, Univ. of Calif. Pub. Geol. Sci., 85: 1-101.

• American Red Cross Provides Disaster Relief Support in Mexico, Central America (Posted 10/13/05)

• The 1998 debris avalanche at Casita Volcano, Nicaragua; investigation of structural deformation as the cause of slope instability using remote sensing, Kerle N, van Wyk de Vries B, 2001, J Volc Geotherm Res, 105: 49-63.
• Flank spreading and collapse of weak-cored volcanoes, Cecchi E, van Wyk de Vries B, Lavest J-M, 2005, Bull Volc, 67: 72-91.
• Fotogeologia de los complejos volcanicos El Hoyo y Asososca (Nicaragua), Badilla E, Chaves I, Linkimer L, Zuniga H, Alvarado G E, 2001. Rev Geol Amer Central, 24: 79-86.
• Geology of the San Cristobal volcanic complex, Nicaragua, Hazlett R W, 1987, J Volc Geotherm Res, 33: 223-230.
• Lahar Hazards at Casita and San Cristóbal Volcanoes, Nicaragua Vallance, J.W., Schilling, S.P., Devoli, G., Reid, M.E., Howell, M.M., and Brien, D.L., 2004, -- USGS Open-File Report 01-468.
• Lahar Hazards at Concepción Volcano, Nicaragua, Vallance, J.W., Schilling, S.P., Devoli, G., and Howell, M.M., 2001, -- USGS Open-File Report 01-457.
• Lahar Hazards at Mombacho Volcano, Nicaragua, Vallance, J.W., Schilling, S.P., Devoli, G., 2001, -- USGS Open-File Report 01-455.
• New insight into the factors leading to the 1998 flank collapse and lahar disaster at Casita volcano, Nicaragua, Kerle N, van Wyk de Vries B, Oppenheimer C, 2003, Bull Volc, 65: 331-345.
• The role of basement in volcano deformation, van Wyk de Vries B, Borgia A, 1996, In: McGuire W J, Jones A P and Neuberg J (eds) Volcano Instability on the Earth and Other Planets, Geol Soc London Spec Pub, 110: 95-110.
• Volcanic history of Nicaragua, McBirney A R, Williams H, 1965, Univ Calif Pub Geol Sci, 55: 1-65.
• The volcano-tectonic evolution of Concepción, Borgia, A.; Wyk de Vries, B., Nicaragua, Bull Volcanol (2003) 65:248–266, DOI 10.1007/s00445-002-0256-8.

• A 2860-year high-resolution pollen and charcoal record from the cordillera de Talamanca in Panama: a history of human and volcanic forest disturbance, Behling H, 2000, Holocene, 10: 387-393.
• Aumenta cifras de personas damnificadas y afectadas por el sistema de mal tiempo - 21Nov2006
• Envía ayuda para damnificados y afectados - 21Nov2006
• Fuerte tormenta deja tres viviendas damnificadas y 109 viviendas afectadas - 21Nov2006
• Heavy Rains, Flooding Kill 8 in Panama - 24Nov2006
• Sinaproc declara alerta roja - 21Nov2006 

• Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Assessment of ACS countries’ disaster management projects, weaknesses and strengths - Mario F. Estrada, Director Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Oct. 19-20, 2000.
• Catastrophic Debris Flows Transformed from Landslides in Volcanic Terrains: Mobility, Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Strategies -- Scott, K.M., Macías, J.L., Naranjo, J.A., Rodriguez, S., and McGeehin, J.P., 2001, Catastrophic Debris Flows Transformed from Landslides in Volcanic Terrains: Mobility, Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Strategies: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1630.
• Comparing heuristic landslide hazard assessment techniques using GIS in the Tirajana basin, Gran Canaria Island, Spain, Barredo, J. I.; Benacvides, A.; Hervas, J. Westen, C .J., International Journal of Apllied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. v.2, n2, p.9-23, 2000.
• El desarrollo de la vulcanologia en Latinoamerica en el ultimo cuarto del siglo XX, Alvarado G, Acevedo A P, Monsalve M L, Espindola J M, Gomez D, Hall M, Naranjo J A, Pulgarin B, Raigosa J, Sigaran C, Van der Laat R, 1999, Rev Geof, 51: 185-241.
• Earthquake-induced landslides in Central America, Bommer, Julian J.; Rodriguez,Carlos E.; Engineering geology  (Eng. geol.)  ISSN 0013-7952   CODEN EGGOAO; 2002, vol. 63, no3-4, pp. 189-220 (3 p.1/4).
• From Participation To Commitment Community Plays Starring Role in Local Risk Management, Chile - Carmen Fernández Gibbs
• A new method for sampling fumarolic gases: Analysis of major, minor and metallic trace elements with ammonia solutions, -- J.P. Toutain, Ph.D. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, xx (2006) xxx–xxx, 17 July 2006.
• Objective delineation of lahar-inundation hazard zones -- Richard M. Iverson, Steven P. Schilling, James W. Vallance, GSA Bulletin; August 1998; v. 110; no. 8; p. 972–984.
• Participatory methods of incorporating scientific with traditional knowledge for volcanic hazard management on Ambae Island, Vanuatu  -- Shane J. Cronin, David R. Gaylord, Douglas Charley, Brent V. Alloway, Sandrine Wallez, Job W. Esau, Bull Volcanol (2004) 66:652–668 DOI 10.1007/s00445-004-0347-9.
• Urban Floodplain Land-use – Acceptable Risk? Allison Godber, Queensland University of Technology
• Volcanic-hazard Assessment for St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles, K. Simpson, John B. Shepherd, Seismic Research Unit, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, July 2001.
• When Land Slides:  New Imaging Methods to Monitor Slope Failure -- Earth Observatory, NASA,  Laurie J. Schmidt  December 21, 2001.