Sudden Earth Changes & Weather

Internet Links


Check out the weather for Roselle.
http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/fcst-hrly.html?locid=60172

FEMA for Kids - What is FEMA?   
Get info on weather-related disasters by clicking The Disaster 
Area.  Check 
out What's Happening Now for current disasters.
http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm

Interested in learning about floods?  This website has lots of 
info.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/floods.html

Don't forget to check out Forces of Nature - AWESOME site!  (One 
of District 20's recommended links)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature

Take a look at How Stuff Works - great site!  (One of District 
20's recommended links)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/natural-disasters-channel.htm

Tsunami Information for Kids - By FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm

Outstanding tsunami animation and explanation of how tsunamis 
occur
http://www.pep.bc.ca/tsunamis/causes_2.htm

Kinds of avalanches
http://www.fsavalanche.org/Default.aspx?ContentId=4&LinkId=10&ParentLinkId=9

This site has a fantastic collection of pictures of volcanoes, 
earthquakes, avalanches, tsunamis, and landslides.  Click on 
Environments / Natural Disasters!
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/index.html

Windows to the Universe has tsunami information and much more.  
Reading level can be adjusted - beginner, intermediate, advanced.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/tsunami1.html&edu=mid