Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Floods
Drought
Blizzards
100
The clearing that can often be found at the center of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
100
The household appliance that is most similar to a tornado.
What is a vacuum cleaner?
100
This occurs when the water in rivers, streams, or sewers rises very rapidly as a result of heavy rain.
What is a flash flood?
100
An ecosystem characterized by permanent drought.
What is a desert?
100
Condensed water vapor that freezes inside clouds and falls once it has become too heavy.
What is a snowflake?
200
The wind speed needed for a tropical storm to become a hurricane.
What is 74 mph?
200
The safest place in the house to be during a tornado warning.
What is the basement?
200
The area along rivers, streams, and lakes that is especially prone to frequent flooding.
What is a flood plain?
200
A shortage of food and water that is often associated with a lack of rain.
What is a famine?
200
A deep pile of snow that is caused by windy conditions.
What is a snowdrift?
300
A large wall of water that comes ashore during a tropical storm.
What is a storm surge?
300
The kind of thunderstorm most likely to produce tornadoes.
What is a supercell?
300
The process where the fast moving water in floods carries away soil.
What is erosion?
300
The gradual increase in global temperatures that is blamed for the growing frequency of droughts.
What is global warming?
300
The temperature caused by windy conditions that makes it feel much colder than it really is.
What is the windchill?
400
The name given to tropical storms that form in the Pacific Ocean.
What is a typhoon?
400
The name given to tornadoes that form over a large body of water.
What is a waterspout?
400
The majority of all flood-related deaths occur when a person is in this.
What is a vehicle?
400
Droughts often lead to this event where many thousands of acres of habitat is burned and destroyed.
What is a forest fire?
400
This occurs when large amounts of snow mix with high winds to reduce visibility until nothing can be seen.
What is a whiteout?
500
The costliest natural disaster in U.S. History which nearly destroyed the city of New Orleans.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
500
The name associated with the Midwestern United States including Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri where tornadoes are more frequent.
What is Tornado Alley?
500
The amount of fast-moving water that is needed to knock a person over.
What is 6 inches?
500
The name given to a large portion of the Midwestern United States in the 1930s as a result of over-farming and an extreme drought.
What is the Dust Bowl?
500
A large winter storm along the East Coast with hurricane force winds that will dump large amounts of snow causing significant damage.
What is a Nor'easter?
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