Chapter 7 Resources
Weather and Storms

INTERESTING SITES TO EXPLORE

NOVA
Lightening
PBS's NOVA has a website with 9 minutes of streaming video on lightning. Just the thing for an upcoming weather unit. Also find resources on varieties of lightning and an "Ask the Expert" section.

NASA,
EARTH OBSERVATORY'S NATURAL HAZARDS

This is a particularly timely website. There is satellite imagery of crops and drought, dust and smoke, fires, floods, severe storms, and volcanoes. .

Storm Video

Discover a series of Windows Media Video files showing storm hurricane, tornado, and blizzard video.

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OTHER INFORMATION

National Weather Service
WEATHER FATALITY INJURY AND DAMAGE STATISTICS
Explore this site’s user-friendly format to look at national and state statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards associated with heat, cold, tornados, hurricanes, flood, and lightning.

National Weather Service

Homepage for the NWS

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