Let us look and see.
The earth can shake.
Drop down. Hold on.
Wind can spin down to land.
Big storm on the sea.
Water is on dry land.
We can make a plan.
Words to know
- plan: what to do
- drop: go down
- spin: go around
Facts
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A Plan for Big Weather
Natural Disasters: What causes earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and floods?
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Sources
- https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/earthquakes/en/
- https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-earthquake-and-what-causes-them-happen
- https://www.ready.gov/tornadoes
- https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/
- https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/hurricane.html
- https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/
- https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/floods/
- https://www.ready.gov/floods
- https://www.ready.gov/earthquakes
- https://www.shakealert.org/
- https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/storms/hurricanes
- https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/forecasting/
- https://www.ready.gov/plan
- https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/make-a-plan.html
- https://www.weather.gov/safety/tornado-ww
- https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/tsunami/en/
- https://www.tsunami.gov/?page=tsunamiFAQ
- https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood-turn-around-dont-drown
- https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/earthquake-magnitude-energy-release-and-shaking-intensity
- https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
- https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/storms/tornadoes
- https://www.ready.gov/kit
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- https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/flood.html
- https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/earthquake.html
- https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/storms/hurricane-damage
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