Natural Disasters

All Bushfires Droughts Earthquakes Hurricanes
Storms Tornadoes Tsunamis Typhoons Volcanoes

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BBC: Animated Guides BBCAnimatedGuides http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533972.stm
BBC: Natural Disasters BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters
Disaster Mapper DisasterMapper http://disastermapper.ema.edu.au/#/intro
Fact Monster: Natural Disasters FactMonsternaturalDisasters http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775896.html
Forces of Nature NationalGeographic http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/forces-of-nature/?section=e
Geologic Hazards Science Center USGS http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/
Geoscience Australia: Natural Disasters GeoscienceAustralia http://www.ga.gov.au/earth-observation/basics/gallery/natural-disasters.html
Guardian: Natural Disasters GuardiannaturalDisasters http://www.theguardian.com/world/natural-disasters
How Stuff Works: Natural Disasters HowStuffWorksNaturalDisasters http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters
InfoPlease: Disasters InfoPleaseDisasters http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001437.html
Intute
(Archived information)
Intute http://www.intute.ac.uk/hazards/
National (USA) Weather Service NationalWeatherService http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml
Natural Disasters NaturalDisasters http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/
Natural Disasters in Australia NaturalDisastersinAustralia http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/natural-disasters
Natural Hazards Image Database NOAA http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/
PBS Learning media: Natural Disasters PBSLearningMedianaturalDisasters http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=Natural+Disasters
Planet Diary PlanetDiary http://www.planetdiary.com/
Portal Oceana Australia: Natural Disasters PortalOceanaAustralia http://www.portaloceania.com/au-diverses-disasters-ing.htm
Ready Ready http://www.ready.gov/
Recent Natural Disasters RecentNaturalDisasters http://www.disaster-report.com/
Australian Bureau of Meteorology: Severe Weather Service AustGovBOM http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/disaster-mitigation.shtml
BBC: Worst Natural Disasters BBCWorstNaturalDisasters http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/collections/worst_natural_disasters
USAID CIDI USAidCIDI http://www.cidi.org/the-scoop/news-articles/
Wkipedia: Natural Disasters in Australia WikipediaNaturalDisastersAustralia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Natural_disasters_in_Australia

Bushfires                                               Back to Top

Australia: Current Fire locations BushfireCRC http://www.bushfirecrc.com/fire-locations
CSIRO: Bushfires in Australia CSIRO http://www.csiro.au/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Ecosystem-Sciences/BushfireInAustralia.aspx
Clearly Explained: Bushfires ClearlyExplained http://clearlyexplained.com/nature/earth/disasters/bushfires/index.html
Wikipedia: Bushfires in Australia WikipediaBushfires http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia

Droughts                                               Back to Top

Droughts for Kids DroughtforKids http://drought.unl.edu/DroughtforKids.aspx
Drought in Australia RomseyAustralia http://home.iprimus.com.au/foo7/droughthistory.html
Kidcyber: Drought KidcyberDrought http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/drought.HTM

 Earthquakes                                                Back to Top

Fact Monster: Earthquakes FactMonsterearthquakes http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001767.html

Hurricanes, Typhoons, Storms                                                Back to Top

Enchanted learning: Hurricane EnchantedlearningHurricane http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/hurricane/
Fact Monster: Hurricanes FactMonsterHurricanes http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/weather/hurricane.html
Learn about Hurricanes KidsKnowIt http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=Huricanes
Super Hurricanes and Typhoons
(YouTube)
Hurricanes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qym7b-qvkE
Tropical Twisters TropicalTwisters http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/
Wright Stuff: Hurricanes and Tornadoes WrightStuffHurricanes http://www.sky-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wwa/hurricanes.htm

Tornadoes                                                Back to Top

USA Today: Tornadoes USATodayTornadoes http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/graphics/tornadoes/flash.htm

Tsunami                                              Back to Top

Enchanted Learning: Tsunami EnchantedLearningTsunami http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/tsunami/
Fact Monster: Tsunami FactMonstertsunami http://www.factmonster.com/spot/tsunami.html
The Why ? Files: Tsunami TheWhyFilesTsunami http://whyfiles.org/2011/tsunami-the-killer-wave/
Wright Stuff: Tsunami WrightStuffTsunami http://www.sky-web.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wwa/tsunami.htm

 

Volcanoes                                                Back to Top

Enchanted Learning: Volcano EnchantedlearningVolcano http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/
Fact Monster: Volcanoes FactMonsterVolcanoes http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001746.html