Directory of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones Resources

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• Specific Storms

Resources in This Category

• AccuWeather School: Hurricane Center

  http://www.accuweather.com/wx/school/hurricane.htm
  Hurricane facts including the parts of a hurricane, how they develop, and maps for tracking them.

• Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

  http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
  Contains a list of the most frequently asked questions about hurricanes.

• Bureau of Meteorology, Australia - Surviving Cyclones

  http://www.bom.gov.au/info/cyclone/
  Provides information and graphics about the formation, severity, and dangers of cyclones. Includes preparedness and safety procedures, and emergency services contact information.

• Horrific Hurricanes

  http://whyfiles.org/2012/horrific-hurricanes/
  How these storms form, and how experts track and predict where they will go.

• Hurricane Central

  http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/
  Updated 24 hours a day with the latest hurricane coordinates and data. Includes an interactive tracking map, satellite images, analysis and news.

• Hurricanes Ahead

  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/owlie-hurricane.pdf
  Owlie helps kids understand what hurricanes are, and what they should do if they are coming toward you.

• Kids Crossing: Look out for Dangerous Weather

  http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/hurricane1.htm
  Offers a hurricane survival story, and safety tips.

• Kidstorm: Hurricanes

  http://skydiary.com/kids/hurricanes.html
  Introduction to hurricanes, and what to do if one is approaching you.

• NOAA Research: Hurricanes

  http://www.oar.noaa.gov/k12/html/hurricanes2.html
  Contains several activities to show hurricane wind speed and storm surge.

• NOVA Hurricanes

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/hurricanes.html
  Contains a hurricane quiz and information on the power of hurricanes.

• Previously Asked Questions: Tropical Weather

  http://www.wxdude.com/tropical.html
  Contains questions with their answers on tropical storms.

• Severe Weather: Hurricanes

  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/sevweath/sevweath.html
  Contains background information, training activities, and hurricane watch.

• The Great Hurricane

  http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips/t5prod/decaroliswq1.html
  Webquest about what would happen if a major hurricane hit New York City.

• The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
  Descriptions of different strength hurricanes with links to specific storms.

• Weather Wiz Kids: Hurricanes

  http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm
  Contains what a hurricane needs to form, stages of a hurricane, and safety tips.

• WeatherQuestions.com: What Causes Hurricanes?

  http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_causes_hurricanes.htm
  A description of the roles of water vapor, sea surface temperature, rainfall, and wind shear in the formation of hurricanes.

• Web Weather for Kids: Hurricanes

  http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/hurricanehome.html
  Pictures and descriptions of how hurricanes form, and how they impact our lives.

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