Coastal Storms
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/explorer/topic_hazards_storms.asp

Trent Faust, U.S. Geological Survey

This online article is part of the USGS Exploring Earth Hazards site. The article highlights the causes of coastal storms like hurricanes and northeasters, and the hazards associated with them. The website also includes links to the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Center and NOAA’s National Hurricane Center.

This resource is referenced here:

• Integrating Research and Education:Hurricane Katrina: Physiography
• Integrating Research and Education:Hurricane Katrina: Gulf Coast Climate
• Integrating Research and Education:Hurricane Katrina: Hurricanes and Hurricane History

Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology, Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Meteorology:Extreme weather
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, :Overview/Reference Work
Topics: Ocean:Biological Oceanography , Physical Oceanography, Earth surface, Climate