http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizarea.htm
Answer the questions.
1. What it the name for a flood that happens very quickly?
2. Correct this sentence:
Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and in the western
3. What is the minimum speed of a hurricane?
4. What is the maximum speed of a tornado?
5. Tornadoes only occur from March to April. T/F
6. What’s the most important thing to do if there is a tornado nearby?
7. How fast can a Tsunami wave travel? How high can it be?
8. Where shouldn’t you go if you are worried about Tsunamis? Why?
9. What’s more dangerous, thunder or lightning?
10. Approximately how many thunderstorms are happening now?
Now write some questions of your own about the other types of disaster for other students to try. Make sure you keep a note of the answers!
