In conjunction with the article What You Need to Know About Disasters is a disaster compendium that contains information as to season, areas at risk, frequency, intensity, and safety steps to take if you are in an area affected by certain disasters. This is the first in a series of charts providing information on tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, blizzards, floods, earthquakes, dust storms and volcanoes.

This article has been archived – please see the updated version here.