Types of natural disaster
What is a flood?
In the U.S., the Midwest and the Southeast have a greater risk for these. But they can occur anytime, anywhere.
Where do tornados occur?
If you live in a mandatory evacuation zone and local officials tell you to evacuate, do so immediately.Take refuge in a designated storm shelter or an interior room for high winds.
What to do if a hurricane is coming?
A Dangerous storm that can cause major damage from storm surge, wind damage, rip currents and flooding.
What is a hurricane?
They can happen anywhere without warning. Areas at higher risk include Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Washington and the entire Mississippi River Valley.
Where do earthquakes occur?
Where to go in a tornado?
They can bring intense wind, flash flooding, hail and dangerous lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
Wherever it can rain this can happen
Where do floods occur?
When thunder roars, go indoors! Move from outdoors into a building or car with a roof.
Where should you go during a thunderstorm?
Violently rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground that can destroy buildings, flip cars, and create deadly flying debris.
What is a tornado?
They can happen along any U.S. coast or in any territory in the Atlantic or Pacific oceans
Where do hurricanes occur?
Where to go during a flood?
A sudden, rapid shaking of the ground caused by the shifting of rocks deep underneath the earth’s surface. Earthquakes can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
What is an Earthquake?
In most places they can occur year-round and at any hour
Where do thunderstorms occur?
Drop. Hold on. Take cover.
What to do during an Earthquake?