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• BBC Earth - Hurricanes

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/natural_disasters/hurricane
  Provides an animated hurricane guide and various video clips relating to hurricanes, also known as typhoons and cyclones.

• EducationWorld.com - Lesson Planning: Hurricane Watch

  http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson067.shtml
  Hurricane learning, lesson plans, and science projects for elementary school grades and above.

• Florida Division of Emergency Management

  http://www.floridadisaster.org/
  Division of Emergency Management manages the overall response and recovery efforts to natural and technological disaster response in Florida by integrating resources statewide.

• How Stuff Works: Hurricanes

  http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/hurricane.htm
  Three-part explanation of hurricanes, with many related links.

• NOAA - Hurricane Research Division: FAQ

  http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
  Excellent, detailed, and up to date catalogue of commonly asked questions and answers, with additional links for more information.

• NOAA - Science Education Pages

  http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/educate/educate.shtml
  The National Data Buoy Center, with an interactive questions and answers asking such questions as, "What are hurricanes?" and "How do winter storms differ from summer storms?"

• NPR: Hurricane Season

  http://www.npr.org/news/specials/hurricane/ap/
  Animation illustrating the Saffir-Simpson scale and the type of damage caused by each category of hurricanes, and a map showing the path of previous hurricanes from 1850 to today.

• University of Illinois - Hurricanes

  http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml
  Online meteorology guide includes growth processes, development stages, movement, public awareness and action, damage, names, global activity and el nino.

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