The Best Sites For Learning About Hurricanes
NOTE: Though this “The Best…” list contains many resources that relate to hurricanes in general, I’m updating it when Hurricane Irene is threatening the United States. Here are two specific Irene-related sites:
The Associated Press has an interactive about Irene, but it also includes information on other hurricanes.
And The New York Times has a super-useful “hurricane tracker.”
With Hurricane Earl approaching the United States and this past weekend being the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I thought it would be a good time to start creating another “The Best…” list.
In addition to the resources on this list, many more can be found at A Compilation Of “The Best…” Lists About Natural Disasters, especially many Katrina resources in The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About New Orleans.
Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About Hurricanes (and are accessible to English Language Learners):
Earl Approaches is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.
CNN has a number of multimedia resources about Earl.
Hurricane Earl lashes Carribbean, heads toward East Coast is a Washington Post slideshow.
Hurricane Earl batters the Caribbean is a BBC slideshow.
Hurricanes and Cyclones is an interactive from the Guardian newspaper in the UK.
Extreme Weather is a site created by middle-school students and highlights tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. It’s accessible to Early Intermediate English Language Learners.
The Deadliest Hurricanes In U.S. History is a slideshow from TIME Magazine.
Understanding Hurricanes is an accessible animated movie.
Hurricanes By The Numbers is a useful infographic.
The Associated Press has several good interactives:
Hurricane Season: Path of Destruction
Hurricanes: Deadly Forces of Nature
Warm Currents Strengthen Storms
Forces of Nature comes from National Geographic
How Hurricanes Work comes from How Stuff Works.
Teaching and Learning About Hurricanes is from The New York Times Learning Network.
“Your Hurricane Emergency Kit: Here’s What Should Be in It” comes from TIME Magazine.
Make Your Own Hurricane is an interactive from the Sun Sentinel.
