Major Weather Events and Natural Disasters

Major Weather Events and Natural Disasters
An Internet Hotlist on natural disasters

created by Mrs. Reed
Scroggins Elementary School

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about natural disasters , why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Blizzard Pictures - An index of blizzard pictures.
Blizzards - Information about blizzards from the United States Search and Rescue Task Force
Earthquakes for Kids - Activities and facts about earthquakes from the United States Department of the Interior.
Facts About Volcanoes for Kids - Lots of great information including links to other volcano information and sites.
Focus on Wildfire - Focus on safety: Planning for wildfire
Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 - Information about the great forest fires of 1871. Form more information, don't forget to use the links on the left side of the page.
Hurricane and Natural Disaster Brochures - Preparedness guides, statistics, facts, questions and answers
Hurricanes - How hurricanes develop
Kid's Hazards Quiz - Online quizzes to see if you are prepared for natural disasters including tsunamis, hurricanes, winter storms, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and hurricanes.
National Geographic Environment - Use the drop down menu on the right for information and images about hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes and other natural disasters.
Natural hazards data, images and education - Data, information, images, and posters on tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, and wildfires.
Physics of Tsunamis - Definition and explanations of how tsunamis occur
Scholastic's General Facts about Volcanoes - Lots of easy-to-understand information
Science of Predicting Earthquakes - 6 minute and 37 second video about the science of predicting earthquakes.Includes a way to create an earthquake model.
Smokey the Bear - 4 sections: Smokey's Kids, Stop Wildfires!, Smokey's Vault, and Current Wildfires
StormStock - Tornado videos
Storms 2009 from the Palm Beach Post - Photo galleries of storms, information about history's worst storms, interactive map, satellite, radar, and a weather blog.
Tornadoes - Information for children about tornadoes
Volcano pictures and videos - Scroll down to access volcano videos.
Volcanoes - Interactive site that is all about volcanoes

Content by Mrs. Reed, jreed2@houstonisd.org
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listnaturaljr.html
Last revised Mon Apr 27 8:07:27 US/Pacific 2009