View images of the devastation caused by typhoon Haiyan as it hit the Philippines.

At this website, read "Typhoon" by Joseph Conrad. The full text is 43 pages long.

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

Presents a list of the nineteen worst natural disasters to strike Japan, along with descriptions, year, number of casualties, and where each occurred. Japan has been hit by earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, blizzards,...

In this learning module, students learn about disaster responses, the three types (short, medium, and long-term) and the different levels of response (local, national, and international). They examine the responses in various case...

This animation from NASA illustrates the phases in the formation of a hurricane.

This resource is dedicated to the latest information on tropical storms.

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.

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