Big Storms

 

 

Extreme Weather

http://ndrd.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Natural Disaster reference database

http://www.noaa.gov/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Check out weather in Science, Service, and Stewardship

http://www.weather.com/

The Weather Channel

http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/

CNN Weather

http://wwwa.accuweather.com

AccuWeather

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whistory.htm

USA Today Weather and Atmospheric Science History

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/extremes.html

Check out hurricanes and tornadoes

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml

Natural hazard statistics.  Use the search bar for additional information.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001459.html

Worst United States disasters

http://library.thinkquest.org/16132/frames.html

Welcome to natural disasters: destructive forces of nature.

http://www.cln.org/themes/floods.html

Natural Disasters

http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sourcebook/

Extreme weather sourcebook

http://answers.usgs.gov/AtoZIndex.htm

Alphabetical Index of USGS Science Categories

 

Hurricanes

http://www.wildwildweather.com/hurrican.htm

Welcome to wild weather.  This is a hurricane hotlist.  Check the bottom for a virtual tour inside a hurricane.

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/adcbin/hurricane/index.asp?partner=accuweather

Hurricanes past and present.

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/

Hurricanes – Check out the killer storms

http://www.hurricanehunters.com/

Hurricane Hunters

http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

Check the index on the left side to find information

http://www.fema.gov/hazards/hurricanes/

What is a Hurricane and web links.

http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/

NOAA Hurricanes

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml

Fly through a 3-D Hurricane

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/whur0.htm

Graphics about what makes a hurricane.

http://delaware.gov/

Hurricane Health and Safety Information – In the search bar, type in Hurricanes, then go to disaster preparedness

http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html

Tropical Twisters

 

Tornadoes

http://theepicenter.com/howto.html

How to prepare for a disaster.

http://www.tornadoproject.com/

Recent and past tornadoes

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

Tornado frequently asked questions

http://www.noaa.gov/tornadoes.html

Check out Tornadoes of the 20th Century in the hotlist

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/

Tornado – basic information

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/torn/home.rxml

Tornadoes – violently rotating columns of air

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/tornado1.htm

Elementary theme page – tornadoes

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/tornado/

Weather watch tornadoes

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/honors/student/tornado/

 

 

 

Earthquakes

http://www.fi.edu/earth/earth.html

Earth forces

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/

Check out the recent earthquakes, and learn more about earthquakes

http://www.data.scec.org/

Recent Earthquakes

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/

Understanding Earthquakes.  Also check out the link to other sites at the bottom of the page.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/

Earthquakes – general information

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/quakes/

General information

http://www.sciencecourseware.com/eec/Earthquake/

Virtual Courseware: Earthquakes

 

 

Floods

http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/OFR93-641/index.html

Floods and flood plains

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whydro00.htm

Check out the flood safety guide and the flood and drought safety

http://www.cln.org/themes/floods.html

Floods theme page

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/flood.html

UC Berkeley Library of historic flood photographs

http://www.fema.gov/hazards/floods/

Flood Hazards

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood/

Floods

http://www.noaa.gov/floods.html

Flash floods and floods – The awesome power

http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/fact-sheets/fs.024-00.html

Significant 20th Century Floods

 

Volcanoes

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

Premier source of volcano information on the web

http://www.cln.org/themes/volcanoes.html

Volcanoes theme page

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/

How Volcanoes work

http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html

Volcanoes online

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html

Current volcanic activities

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/

Volcanoes

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/

Volcanoes of the world

 

 

Mudslides

http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/971008landslide/

What is a mudslide?

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/cgs_notes/note_33/

Hazards from mudslides

http://www.grow.arizona.edu/geotechnical/slopes_mudslides/slopesmudslides.shtml

Slopes, landslides and mudslides

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/12/28/calif.mudslides/

2003 California Mudslide

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/21/philippine_mudslide031221

Philippine mudslides

Updated 10/04

BJM