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Weather: Natural Disasters

Explore the destructive forces of nature like lightning, floods, hurricanes, snow storms, and tornadoes. Learn how to prepare and stay safe during emergencies with checklists and emergency organizations. Essential questions included.

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Weather: Natural Disasters

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  1. Lisa Novak Teresa Bonney Priscilla Chaney Lakeita L. Price-Turner Weather: Natural Disasters

  2. Table of Contents • Sudden Changes to the Earth • Essential Questions • Destructive Forces of Nature • Lightning • Floods • Hurricanes • Snow Storms • Tornadoes • Preparedness Checklist • Emergency Supply List • Emergency Organizations and Numbers

  3. Essential Questions: • What should you do during a lightning storm? • Which of the following is not included in a preparedness checklist? • What is a hurricane? • Which items are necessary when preparing an emergency supply kit? • What is a violently rotating column of air?

  4. Sudden Changes to the Earth Tornadoes Floods Lightning Snow Storm Hurricane

  5. Lightning Destructive Forces of Nature • Lightning is produced in thunderstorms when liquid and ice particles above the freezing level collide, and build up large electrical fields in the clouds. • The lightning spark can occur between clouds, between the cloud and air, or between the cloud and ground. • During a lightning storm, the safest place to be is in your home.

  6. Destructive Forces of Nature Continued Floods Hurricanes A Hurricane is any wind of the strongest level. In the United States of America, Hurricane is the name assigned specifically to a tropical cyclone near the Atlantic and East Pacific basins. • A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land. • It is usually due to the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake.

  7. Destructive Forces of Nature Continued Snow Storms Tornadoes A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus (or, in rare cases, cumulus) cloud base and the surface of the earth. Tornadoes can come in many sizes. • A winter storm is an event in which the main varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures such as snow or sleet • Snowstorms are storms where large amounts of snow fall

  8. Preparedness Checklist • What to do Before • Prepare an evacuation plan • Agree on a meeting place • Pay attention to warning signs • Install alarms • What to do During • Remain Calm • Position yourself in a safe location • Administer first-aid if needed • What to do After • Make sure that it is safe to leave • Account for everyone • Try to contact help

  9. Emergency Supply List • First-aid kit • Flash light • Cellular phone • Vehicle keys • Non-perishable foods • Bottled water • Blanket • Wooden matches • Cold/Hot pack

  10. Emergency Organizations and Phone Numbers • General Emergencies-911 • Fire and Rescue- 663-1572 • Police 662-378-1515 • Ambulance 911 • Mississippi Road Conditions 601-987-1212 • American Red Cross 662-378-3245

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