• Hurricane FAQ provides good basic information in a simple question-answer format. (http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/hurricane/)
  
  
• Online Images - Links to sites where you can view photos, animations and real-time images of both past and present hurricanes as well as current weather systems.
  
  
• The Saffir-Simpson Scale from Storm Team 22 in clear chart format.
  
  
• Tropical Twisters- Hurricanes:How they Work and What They Do (http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html)
  
  
• Unisys Weather page links to hurricane data, image archives, satellite images, links to hurricane names for Atlantic and Eastern/Western Pacific storms and the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Also many current satellite images and recent storms categorized by year and location in Atlantic or Eastern/Western Pacific. Archives of information for older storms is also included. (http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/index.html)
  
  
• Tropical Prediction Center at the National Hurricane Center links to storm names, historical data, satellite imagery, Saffir-Simpson scale, glossary, tracking charts, forecasts and more. (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)
  
  
• Software for hurricane tracking can be found at the WeatherNex Software Library. Freeware and shareware for various platforms and types of weather and hurricane tracking software are available for downloading. (http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/software.html)
  
  
• Weather Underground: Tropical Weather provides links to maps, current forecasts, hurricane disaster relief information, reconnaissance reports, and Dr. Gray's hurricane forecast.
  (http://www.wunderground.com:80/tropical/)
  
  
• Explore Zone's Hurricane Page provides news and links. Includes links to easy to read charts on the deadliest, costliest and strongest hurricanes. A good explanation with animation helps explain how a hurricane forms on the Hurricane Dynamics page. (http://explorezone.com/hurricanes/dynamics.htm)
  
  
• Fact Sheet on hurricanes from FEMA. This is good information to print out for student reference. (http://www.fema.gov/library/hurricaf.htm)
  
  
• NSSL Hurricane Information at USA Today provides information about the latest storms, basics about hurricanes, hurricane safety, historical data, names of hurricanes, storm forecasts, newspaper story archives, images, review of past hurricane seasons and forecasts of the current season. (http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/whur0.htm)
  
  
• Hurricanes: Online Meterology Guide provides a sequenced guide to hurricanes which includes how they develop, their stages, the parts of a hurricane, how they are named, tools used to observe/track hurricanes, regions of the earth where they are found, ifnroamtion on preparing for a hurricane, El Nino's affect and more.
  
  
• The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection on Weather includes hands-on activity and information on powerful storms, including a section on hurricanes. (http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/storms2.html)
  
  
• If you have a Java-enabled browser (such as Netscape Navigator 3.0 or above or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or above ), you can use the Java Hurricane Tracker to view the paths followed by storms of the past and to track any new storms with up-to-the-minute position and windspeed data at The WRAL Channel 5 station site in NC. (http://www.ncstormtrack.com/tracker/)
  
  
• Severe Weather Awareness Week from NOAA includes information on preparedness and good general information on hurricanes (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurrbro.htm)
  
  
• Hurricane Hunters Home Page gives information and photos of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters of the Air Force Reserve. This is one-of-a-kind: the only Department of Defense organization flying into tropical storms and hurricanes on a routine basis. (http://www.hurricanehunters.com/)
  
  
• National Weather Service Page from NOAA includes weather data, forecasts, current conditions, weather maps, satellite images of weather activity and more. (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/)
  
  
• USA Today's Hurricane Information page has a tracking map, historical data and many categories of information about hurricanes.