Disasters: Hurricane

Provides information on defining a hurricane, how they form, categories, damages, and history.

Learn about the causes and effects of hurricanes.

Provides TONS of information on hurricanes, including causes, effects, key vocabulary, and more!

Top Ten Deadliest Hurricanes In US History

Top Ten Most Costly Hurricanes In US History

Top Ten Strongest Hurricanes In US History

Top Ten Deadliest Hurricanes Worldwide

Random Hurricane Facts

The Saffir-Simpson Scale

Use this interactive site to learn about how Hurricane Katrina formed, its strength, its path, and more.

Learn all about hurricanes from this NASA website!

Learn about the force of each category of hurricane winds through this cool animation.

This site has all kinds of information about hurricanes, including causes, effects, classification, and more!

• Frequently Asked Questions: Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Christopher Landsea
• Tropical storm and hurricane information/Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Hurricane names/FEMA
• National Hurricane Center
• Satellite images, hurricane sectors/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Hurricane Warning! by Jim Leonard, hurricane chaser
• Hurricane Hunters/53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
• A Hurricane Hunter's Photo Album
• Hurricane Research Division/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Historic hurricane data/National Hurricane Center