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Natural Disasters in Australia

There are a range of natural disasters that can affect Australia.

Some of these include:

• Bushfires
• Cyclones
• Floods
• Severe storms
• Tornadoes
• Earthquakes
• Floods
• Droughts

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Some links and resources:

For children specifically you can try FEMA (the US Federal Emergency Management Agency) 'for kids' site

Other Australian resources, you may need to adapt a bit.

Bushfires

• Bushfires ClearlyExplained.Com
• Emergency Management Australia Natural Disasters Database provides a way to search for almost all major natural and emergencies by type and years.

Floods

• Fire and Emergency Services Western Australia

Cyclones

• Bureau of Meteorology - Cyclones

EarthQuakes

• Geoscience Australia - recent earthquakes
• Seismicity in Australia - Uni of WA

Droughts

• Bureau of Rural Sciences - Tools, includes Rainfall reliability maps and conservation maps.