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George R. Hanaford School Library: Natural Disasters Project

The website for the Elinor Pike Library at George R. Hanaford School in East Greenwich

Wildfires

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-wildfires/

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-wildfire.htm

http://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/forest_fires.php

Tsunami

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/tsunamis.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tsunamis/

Avalanche

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-avalanche/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/avalanches/

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2017-avalanches-and-snow-slides

Landslides

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/?page_id=1326

http://mocomi.com/what-is-a-landslide-and-how-does-it-happen/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/landslide/

http://eschooltoday.com/natural-disasters/landslides/effects-of-landslides.html

Hurricanes

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm

https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/

Floods

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/floods.html

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-floods/

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-safety-flood.htm

http://eschooltoday.com/natural-disasters/floods/what-is-a-flood.html

Volcanoes

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/volcano.html

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/mountains/volcanoes.htm

Earthquakes

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-earthquake.htm

http://kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0044B-earthquakes.php

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/earthquakes.html

Tornadoes

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/tornado.html

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-tornado.htm

https://www.natgeokids.com/nz/discover/geography/physical-geography/tornado-facts/

Blizzards

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htm

http://www.softschools.com/facts/weather/blizzard_facts/2527/

http://www.basicplanet.com/blizzard/