Hurricane Irma - trail of destruction

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41218002

Famine

Listen to the broadcast from Al Jazeera on the threatening hunger crisis.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/starvation-stalks-nigeria-somalia-south-sudan-yemen-170411101432521.html

How Tsunamis Work

Listen to the Ted Ed video and answer the questions on your worksheet

Earthquake Safety

Instructions for being safe during an earthquake.

Japan 2011 earthquake

Listen to an interview with Matt who experienced the earthquake in Japan 2011.

Disasters - reading comprehension year 8

Visit the page below. Choose one of the disaster stories and do the activites connected to the story.
If you finish one, take a new one!
The story comes in two versions, chose the abriged story if you want to work with an easier text.
Do the activites presented in the left-side menu

literacynet.org/disasters

The lost city of Pompeii

Natural Disasters - volcanoes

Learn more about the city of Pompeii and the eruption that destroyed the city.

Answer the following questions:
When did it happen?
What's the name of the volcano?
For how long was the city buried and forgotten?
How did they manage to reconstruct the people that died?

9/11

Watch the clip from BBC History Channel

9/11 attacks

1. Answer the questions
- when?
- where?
- who was behind the terrorist attacks?
- what happened?

2. Read 9/11-an Eyewitness Account. Answer the 7 questions and hand in to your teacher