Types of Natural Disasters
This natural disaster involves the shaking of the ground due to tectonic activity.
What is an earthquake?
This kit should include water, food, flashlight, and first aid supplies.
What is an emergency supply kit?
This is the first thing you should do after a disaster if you’re safe.
What is check on others and report your status?
This hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
You should do this under a sturdy table during an earthquake.
What is "Drop, Cover, and Hold On"?
This rotating storm forms over warm ocean waters and can cause massive flooding.
What is a hurricane?
This is the best place to go during a tornado if you don’t have a basement.
What is an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor?
These temporary structures provide shelter for displaced people.
What are emergency shelters?
This 2010 disaster struck Haiti and killed over 200,000 people.
What is the Haiti earthquake?
You should never do this during a flood.
What is drive through floodwaters?
This disaster involves a rapid flow of snow down a slope.
What is an avalanche?
This is the recommended amount of water per person per day in an emergency.
What is one gallon?
This type of assistance helps people rebuild homes and businesses.
What is disaster relief funding?
This 2011 disaster in Japan caused a nuclear crisis.
What is the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?
This is the best way to stay informed during a disaster.
What is a battery-powered or hand-crank radio?
This type of disaster is caused by prolonged periods of low rainfall.
What is a drought?
This plan outlines how your family will communicate and where to meet.
What is a family emergency plan?
This mental health condition can affect survivors of traumatic events.
What is PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
This 1980 volcanic eruption occurred in Washington state.
What is the eruption of Mount St. Helens?
This is the safest place to be during a lightning storm.
What is indoors, away from windows and electronics?
This natural disaster involves molten rock erupting from the Earth’s crust.
What is a volcanic eruption?
This government agency provides disaster preparedness and recovery information in the U.S.
What is FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)?
This is the process of restoring infrastructure and services after a disaster.
What is disaster recovery?
This 2004 disaster was one of the deadliest tsunamis in history.
What is the Indian Ocean tsunami?
This is the term for leaving an area due to an impending disaster.
What is evacuation?