1. HURRICANES ARE  THE WORD HURRICANE COMES FROM THE  TIANO NATIVE AMERICAN NAME HURRICAN  WITCH MEANS GREAT WIND

2. HURRIACANES ARE GIANT SPIRALING TRPOICAL STORMS THAT CAN BE UP TO 600 MILES WIDE AND CAN LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS

3. THE CENTER OF A HURRICANE IS CALLED THE EYE AND IS USALLY CALM AND CLEAR

4. HURRICANES ARE RATED ON A SCALE ONE TO FIVE BASED ON THEIR WIND SPEED 

A CATEGORY 5 WIND SPEED IS 157+ MPH AND CAN CAUSE CATASTOPHIC DAMAGE

5. THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON RUNS FROM JUNE 1ST TO NOVEMBER 30TH

WITH PEAK ACTIVITY FROM AGUST TO SEPTEMBER.z

6. IN 2005 HURRICANE KATRINA WAS ONE OF THE DEADLYIST AND COSTLIEST HURRICANES IN U.S. HISTORY CAUSING OVER 1,800 DEATHS AND $125 BILLION DAMAGE

7. WIND SPEED

CATEGORY 1 WIND OF 74-95 MPH

CATEGORY 2 WIND OF 96-110 MPH

CATEGORY 3 WIND OF 111-129 MPH

CATEGORY 4 WIND OF 130-156 MPH

CATEGORY 5 WIND OF 157+ MPH

8. THIER CAN BE FLOODING AFTER HURRICANES AND DURRING.

 CHAPER 2 TORNADOES

1. TORNADOS ARE VIOLENTLY ROTATING COLUMNS OF AIR THAT TOUCH BOTH THE GROUND AND THE CLOUDS 

2. TORNADOS CAN HAVE WIND SPEEDS UP TO 300 MPH MAKING THEM SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL THING ON EARTH.

3. THE UNITED STATES HAS THE MOST  TORNADOES OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AVERAGING AROUND 1,200 PER YEAR

4. THE TORNADO WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED EVER RECORDED WAS THE BRIDGE CREEK MORE IN 1999 WITH WINDS OVER 300 MPH

5. TORNADOES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME NIGHT OR DAY BUT ARE MOST LIKLEY TO OCCUR IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OR  EARLY EVENING.

6. A TORNADO CAN PICK AND CARRY OBJECTS AS HEAVY AS A CAR OR A MOBILE HOME 

7. THE MOST TORNADO-PRONE AREA IN THE WORLDS IS ''TORNADO ALLEY" IN THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES,WITCH INCLUDES TEXAS,OKLAHOMA,KANSAS,NEBRASKA 

CHAPTER 3 THUNDERSTORMS

1. A THUNERSTORM IS A TYPE OF STORM THE PRODUCTS LIGHTING AND THUNDER

2. THUNDER STORMS CAN BE SINGLE-CELL MULTI-CELL OR SUPERCELL. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE THE MOST SERVE AND CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES

3. THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCUR ANYWERE IN THE WORLD,BUT MOST ARE TROPICAL REGIONS

4. THE AVERAGE THUNDERSTORM IS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND LASTS FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES

5. THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HAIL,HEAVY RAIN,S AND STRONG WINDS

6. LIGHTIN IS CAUSE BY THE BUILDUP OF ELTRICAL CHARGES IN THE CLOUDS. WHEN THE CHARGES BE COME TO GREAT,THE ARE RELEASED IN A LIGHTING BOLT

7.A THUNDERSTORM IS CONSIDERED SEVERE IF IT PRODUCES HAIL AT LEAST 1 

INCH IN DIAMETER OR WINDS OF AT LEAST 58 MPH.

CHAPTER 4 TSUNAMI

1. A TSUNAMI IS A LARGE SERIES OF LARGE WAVES CAUSE BY SUDDEN MOVEMENT ON THE OCEAN FLOOR USALLY BE A EARTHQUICK, VOLCANO ERUPTION OR UNDERWATER LANDSLIDE 

2. TSNAMI WAVES CAN REACH OVE 100 FEET AND TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 500 MPH IN DEEP WATER 

3. THE MOST DEVASTATING TSUNAMI IN RECORDED HISTORY WAS THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI OF 2004,WHIT KILLED OVER 23,000 PEOPLE IN 14 COUNTRIES 

4. TSUNAMIS WARNING SYTEMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN MANY COUNTRIES TO HELP PEOPLE EVACUTE TO HIGHER GROUND BEFORE THE TSUNAMI HITS.

5. TSUNAMI OFTEN INCORENTLY REFERRED TO AS TIDAL WAVES,BUT THEY ARE ACTULLY CAUSED BY A SUDDEN DICPLASMENT OF WATER RATHER THAN  THE GRAVATATION PULLED OF THE MOON

6. TSUNAMISES CAN ACTULLY BE CAUSED BY ASTRODES OR METEREODS IMPACTS ALTHOUGH THIS IS VERY RARE OCCURANCE.