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A New Zealand perspective on severe weather from Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Witness huge storms, heavy rain, powerful tornadoes, intense lightning, dust storms, dangerous plane landings, giant hail and other extreme conditions in these weather video clips.
Learnz provides virtual field trips. In this field trip, experts will take you to remote locations to help you better understand what causes natural disasters such as tsunami, earthquakes and landslides, and how you can manage the risk of these events.
Earthquakes 101 is part of a series of natural disaster videos produced by National Geographic.
On QuakeStories, survivors of the Christchurch earthquakes tell their stories.
Learnz provides virtual field trips. In this field trip you will learn from experts what caused the Canterbury Earthquakes.
A resource designed to help students develop an understanding about earthquakes in New Zealand, including why we get them and how we measure them.
Earthquake-related articles, activities, events and cool jobs from STEM-Works.
Play a game from Te Papa to explore the reality of living with earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunami in New Zealand.
In this activity, students use data on historical earthquakes to identify when and where they occurred and make predictions about future earthquakes.
Tsunami 101 is part of a series of natural disaster videos produced by National Geographic.
A useful site with animations showing the movement of tsunami waves.
Learn about the process of shoaling — how tsunamis get taller near the coast.
Watch this video from GNS Science explaining how tsunami are formed and the damage they can cause.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing where recent tsunami events have occurred, in order to look for patterns and make possible predictions.
A New Zealand perspective on tsunami from Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Visit GeoNet to view the volcano cameras and see current volcanic unrest in New Zealand.
Learnz provides virtual field trips. In this field trip, you will see how people live, work and play on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu coping with the risk of volcanic activity.