Fourth Grade Extreme Weather Resources

To open any of the links below, hold down CTRL and click on the link.

Hurricanes:

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/hurricane-profile/ Don’t forget to click on “more” at the bottom of the

page.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm

This website was written by a meteorologist especially for kids.

http://www.ready.gov/hurricanes

Be sure to click on the tabs below the paragraphs, “Before, during, and after.”

Typhoons and Cyclones:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/09/130923-typhoon-hurricane-

cyclone-primer-natural-

disaster/?source=hp_dl2_news_typhoon_explainer_20130924

How typhoons, cyclones, and tornadoes are the same kind of storm.

Tornadoes:

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/tornadoes-devastate-midwest/160496

Article from Time for Kids.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wtwistqa.htm

USA today article.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc/?n=over

NOAA, the National Weather Service’s site on if standing under an overpass will

help you in a thunderstorm.

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/overview.htm

The National Weather Service site about lightening storms.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24583844/ns/weather/t/cars-are-deadly-shelters-

during-tornadoes/

This article tells about tornado deaths in cars, then lets you know where to go if

you are in the car during a tornado.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/resources/safety/wtornado.htm

Tornado safety. Along the left sidebar are links to more information about

tornadoes.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

This website was written by a meteorologist especially for kids.

http://www.ready.gov/tornadoes

Be sure to click on “before, during, after” after the paragraphs.

Floods:

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/floods-profile/

National Geographic Article about floods.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/floods-safety-tips/

Flood Safety tips. Look below the picture of the man in a flood.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-rain.htm

This website was written by a meteorologist especially for kids

http://www.ready.gov/floods

Be sure to click on the tabs below the paragraphs, especially “before, during, and

after.”

Landslides:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140324-mudslides-natural-

disasters-geology-science/

Discusses the reasons for the Oso Mudslide and others.

Avalanches and Winter Storms:

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/avalanche-profile/

Click more at the bottom of the page.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130422-avalanche-safety-

tips/

Tips for staying safe in an avalanche.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htm

This website was written by a meteorologist especially for kids

Tsunamis:

http://kidsahead.com/subjects/7-tsunamis-floods/articles/303

Video from National Geographic about tsunamis. Be prepared to pause and take

notes.

http://www.livescience.com/48638-offshore-islands-boost-tsunami-flooding.html

Offshore islands should protect the mainland from tsunamis, right?

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/tsunami-profile/

Wildfires:

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/wildfires/ Don’t forget to click more at the bottom of the article.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-wildfire.htm

This website was written by a meteorologist especially for kids

http://www.ready.gov/wildfires

Be sure to click on the tabs below the paragraphs—“before, during, and after”

Volcanoes: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/volcano-profile/

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-

disasters/volcano-profile/ Mount St. Helens before and after.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm

This website was written by a meteorologist especially for kids

Thunder and Lightning Storms:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/lightning/flashriprock.htm

Look along the left sidebar to find more information.

http://cvanthul.hubpages.com/hub/The-Types-of-Lightning

Types of lightning.

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/where-will-lightning-strike

Look especially for the subheading: How not to get struck”

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=weather&sub=weather

_phenomena_thunderstorm&lang=En

Video shows the formation of a thunderstorm.

General Advice for All Extreme Weather:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/com/weatherreadynation/force.html#.VM7gbupTGM

8 NOAA’s site on extreme weather preparedness. Be a force of nature.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141004-extreme-weather-

survival-guide-book-disasters/

Interview with the author of a new book about surviving natural disasters.

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-safety.htm

The meteorologist’s page, links to “Safety” for all weather disasters. Just click on

the link you need.

http://www.ready.gov/kids/know-the-facts

Very short lists of ideas on many natural disasters. Click on the link you need, and

“Be a Hero.”