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  • CENTRAL: Children's Collection
  • EASTWOOD: Children's Collection
  • OSHTEMO: Children's Collection (2 copies)
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Hurricane & tornado

Call Number

  • J 551.55 CHAL (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

American edition ; Revised edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.

Physical Description

72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.

Summary

Discover why hurricanes and tornadoes are so destructive. Understand the impacts of extreme weather and how forecasting and warning systems help keep people safe.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Weather folklore
  • Early forecasts
  • What is extreme weather?
  • Extreme causes
  • Severe winds
  • Thunderous storms
  • Twisting tornadoes
  • Tornado force
  • Measuring tornadoes
  • Lightning strikes
  • Hailstorms
  • Hurricane alert
  • Devastation
  • Hurricane strikes
  • Fog and smog
  • High seas
  • Snowstorms
  • Avalanche
  • Floods and landslides
  • Heat waves
  • Deadly droughts
  • Polar extremes
  • Weather watch
  • Disaster relief
  • Nature's survivors
  • Climate change
  • El Niño
  • Freaky conditions
  • Beyond Earth
  • Did you know?
  • Timeline.

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