Get familiar with the causes of hurricanes and what "feeds the monster[s]."

Discover what experts view as the top weather related events of the 20th century, get background information on them and see photos. Some of the events covered are the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the 1930s Dust Bowl, Hurricanes Camille...

April 11, 2014 Sports Illustrated article about Iowa State University men's basketball coach, Fred Hoiberg and his future at Iowa State.

If you are looking for a hurricane, head to the tropics just north and south of the equator.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how blizzards form.

January 2014 article about Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State University's men's basketball coach. This article discusses his career to date at Iowa State but looks at his background, both as a player and as a member of the community as well.

No scientific phenomena concern us as much as the daily evolution of weather systems. We live in a culture where weather, the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place,helps us define regional cultural variations. States such as...

Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, Ontario was, until 1989, the home to an amusement park and a famous roller coaster, the Crystal Beach Cyclone. Information is provided on the history of this popular Ontario vacation spot.

This site looks at the important surface features to consider when making a forecast. High pressure and atmospheric pressure is explained. Be sure to use the arrows at the bottom to navigate through this site.

Do you know what was the most destructive hurricane? Provides an explanation of a hurricane while exploring how they form, how they are measured and classified, effects, and how they get their names.

Here is a simple chart explaining the levels of tornado damage on the Fujita scale.

This site is provided for by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Make a tornado or a twister in a jar. The step by step directions give a clear description of how to make these items.

Great photos of actual tornadoes. This page gives you general information about tornadoes.

Looks at the linguistic origins, geographical targets, and seasonal occurrence of typhoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

Describes the impact of Hurricane Rita which struck Texas and Louisiana soon after Hurricane Katrina left. Many of the resulting deaths were due to an uncoordinated evacuation and poor storm preparations.

Learn about hurricanes by analyzing data and predicting possible new hurricanes. Lots of good background and some extension activities.

A map from 1898 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general distribution of rainfall in the region. The map shows areas of little or no rainfall to areas of heavy rainfall. The map...

The National Weather Service presents this site on tropical weather. Learn about the inter-tropical convergent zone, El Nino, and tropical cyclones. Review questions are included.

When people talk about the impact of rising sea levels, they often think of small island states that risk being submerged if global warming continues unchecked.

Learn the effects of natural disasters and the difference between natural disasters and man-made disasters. Also explores ten different natural disasters.

This article was published on March 24, 2014, the day following Iowa State University's victory over North Carolina in the NBAA men's basketball tournament. The focus is on the role of the head coach in general, and of Fred Hoiberg, Iowa...