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The American Red Cross helps keep people safe every day as well as in an emergency.
At FEMA for Kids learn how to make a plan, know the facts, build a kit and get involved with natural disasters.
Learn more about natural disasters, such as their cause, where they occur, and how to stay safe.
NOAA provides brochures for hurricanes, tornadoes, lighting, floods, thunderstorms, hail and heat.
Avalanches
Information about avalanches and avalanche safety. Avalanches
Blizzards
Explains what a blizzard is, why it's dangerous, and how to survive if caught in one.Blizzards
Droughts
Kids can learn how droughts affect us, the definition of drought, and how to track a drought.Droughts
Earthquakes
Earthquakes
Erosion
Pictures from 1890 to 1990 show erosion of Jump-off Joe in Oregon.Erosion
Fire
Brush fires are natural hazard or natural disaster.The Natural Disasters Association provides information on wildfires and the causes.Fire
Flood
NOVA Online takes a look at the history of floods, the Midwestern flood of 1993, the benefits of floods, and more.Flood
Hail Storms
Images and stories of hail, hail storms and the damage they cause.Hail Storms
Hurricanes
Watch a short video, learn about hurricane categories and download a poster of a hurricane forming.Hurricanes
Ice Storms
Learn how glaze ice forms and where these storms occur.Ice Storms
Landslides
What are landslides? The United States Search and Rescue Task Force describes landslides and the areas mostly likely to have a landslide.Landslides
Lightning Storms
Learn how to prepare for storms and learn the facts about them.Lightning Storms
Meteorites
Meteorites have hit Earth. Learn how they have impacted our environment.Meteorites
Monsoons
A monsoon is a periodic wind that occurs in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia.Monsoons
Mud Slides
What to do before and after a hurricane. Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Learn how to dangerous mudslides can be.Mud Slides
Sandstorms
Sandstorms
Haboob, Sandstorm or Dust Storm?
Learn difference in these types of wind storms.Sandstorms happen when great gusts of wind pick up sand and carry it for miles.Sinkholes
Learn about the different type of sinkholes and how to prevent them.Sinkholes are common where the rock below the land is porous.Sinkholes
Tornadoes
Tornadoes
Observing Tornadoes, Dust Devils, Whirl Winds, Water Spouts and Land Spouts
Learn the different characteristics of each type of formation.Learn what causes tornadoes and waterspouts, the shapes and sizes, and the ways to identify a tornado.
Tsunamis
Look at diagrams showing how tsunamis are formed.Learn how tsunamis work and look at before and after pictures of a tsunami.Tsunamis
Typhoons
Watch a demonstration of how a typhoon is created.Typhoons
Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Water Spouts
Water Spouts
Observing Tornadoes, Dust Devils, Whirl Winds, Water Spouts and Land Spouts
Learn the different characteristics of each type of formation.Updated 2/19/2025
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