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1. Drought Monitor

   For forecasts, current conditions, and what's new in drought monitoring.

   http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/

   
   

2. Drought: A Paleo Perspective

   Explains how paleoclimatic data can provide info about past droughts that will help people learn more about current and future dry spells.

   http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/drght_home.html

   
   

3. @Dust Bowl

   /directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/History/Dust-Bowl

   
   

4. Forces of Nature

   This ThinkQuest site provides real-life glimpses into natural disasters. You can see news clips and photos of floods, hurricanes, windstorms, and more. Also in Spanish.

   http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/

   
   

5. Online Disaster Quiz

   Test your knowledge of natural disasters including hurricanes, volcanoes, droughts, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods.

   http://www.redcross.org/news/dro/game.html

   
   

6. Temperature Extremes and Drought

   View maps of extreme temperatures throughout the United States, or read about specific extreme events. Includes monthly climate watch for each calendar year.

   http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/temperatures.html

   
   

7. USGS Drought Watch

   Explains what a drought is and gives conditions for several states. Includes weather map images of the phenomenon.

   http://md.water.usgs.gov/drought/

   
   

8. ~Ask Earl

   What is a drought?

   http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/ask_earl/20010118.html

   
   

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