This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow).

Hurricane Sandy hit the coast of the United States on October 29, 2012. The hurricane approached land as a Category 2 storm, with winds around 70 mph. How do storms such as Hurricane Sandy form? In this webquest, you will be learning about how and why hurricanes occur. 

First open up the hurricane webquest. Each link will take you to where you can find the answer to the question(s). Enjoy!

Education World presents activities designed to help your students understand this powerful force of nature.

Hurricanes: Nature's Wildest Storms --a Survey Over ten pages of hurricane information and comprehension questions.  Use part or all of this amazing resource.

Die Schülerinnen und Schüler erfahren adressatengerecht die wichtigsten Informationen zum Hurrikan.

This set of lessons looks at a variety of natural disasters - from the Black Death of the Middle Ages to Hurricane Katrina in our too-recent memory, to fears of avian flu pandemics that haunt the future - through the lens of economic analysis (Foundation for Teaching Economics, USA 2009)

This set of lessons looks at a variety of natural disasters - from the Black Death of the Middle Ages to Hurricane Katrina in our too-recent memory, to fears of avian flu pandemics that haunt the future - through the lens of economic analysis (Foundation for Teaching Economics, USA 2009-20).

Dies sind englische Seiten zum Thema Wetter geeignet für bilingualen Unterricht und Referate über Wetter, Hurricanes, Tornados und Blizzards auch mit interaktiven Elementen.