1. Weather-Related Catastrophes
16 November 2010

2. What is a Catastrophe?
A catastrophe is a major event that causes a large amount of damage.
Catastrophes affect ecosystems and usually cause damage that harms the ecosystem.
Catastrophes affect people too.

3. Types of Catastrophes There are 2 types of catastrophes:
Weather-related
Geological-related

4. Weather-related Catastrophes
A weather-related catastrophe is any catastrophe that is caused by the weather.
What types of weather do you know of that might be damaging or even catastrophic?