Hurricanes - web sites for kids

Hurricane Season

2004 was a rough hurricane season in Central America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern part of the U.S. If the news (but hopefully not personal experience!) made your kids curious about the storms, here are some resources.

Hurricane names: http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm

Hurricane categories: http://skydiary.com/kids/hurricanes.html

More hurricane info and some short QuickTime movies: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/

Top 50 cities most likely to be hit by hurricanes: http://www.hurricanecity.com/Rank.htm

How to help: If you're lucky enough to be out of harm's way, your kids may want to know how they can help others who are affected. This page has lots of ideas: http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/

It's been a rough hurricane season in Central America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern part of the U.S. If the news (but hopefully not personal experience!) has made your kids curious about the storms, here are some resources.

Hurricane names: http://www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm

Hurricane categories: http://skydiary.com/kids/hurricanes.html

More hurricane info and some short QuickTime movies: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/

Top 50 cities most likely to be hit by hurricanes: http://www.hurricanecity.com/Rank.htm

How to help: If you're lucky enough to be out of harm's way, your kids may want to know how they can help others who are affected. This page has lots of ideas: http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/