Tornado rips apart Alabama High school

Tornadoes have killed at least 17 people in the southern US states of Alabama, Georgia and Missouri.

Victims included at least five people killed when a tornado ripped through an Alabama school building, and two dead when a hospital was hit in Georgia.

For those of you in Year 8 who have recently completed your
"Weather benefits and hazards" project this story may be of particular interest.

For an animated guide to how Tornadoes happen click on this picture link.

Geography Photos update

Thanks for the early returns of geography photographs to add to our online collection with flickr. The quality is great but we need more please. Remember if you have been somewhere interesting or seen something geographical e-mail it into school with a short message explaining where, when and what it is!!

Geography images, be a school photographer.

Are you a top photographer? The great thing about Geography is that pictures tell a thousand words. As the holiday season approaches and you get to travel far and wide, how about bringing us back some of your digital images of weather, landscapes or other interesting features! Just not your dad buried up to his neck with the tide coming in Ehh!! Best ones will be included online in our Flicker collection