Title:
Natural disasters / written by Claire Watts ; consultant, Trevor Day.
ISBN:
9780756620721
9780756620738
9780756630690
9781405313421
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Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
London ; New York : DK Pub., 2006.
Physical Description:
72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
Contents:
Dynamic planet -- Restless earth -- What is a tsunami? -- Wave power -- Walls of water -- A drowned world -- Recovery begins -- Tsunami warnings -- Earth shakes -- Surviving a quake -- Mighty volcanoes -- Rivers of fire -- Landslides and avalanches -- Earth's atmosphere -- Wild weather -- Hurricane force -- Battling the wind -- Hurricane Katrina -- Twisting tornadoes -- Flood alert -- Raging waters -- Drought and famine -- Wildfire -- Fighting fires -- Climate change -- Unnatural disasters -- Infectious diseases -- Epidemic -- Future disasters -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.
Summary:
Describes a wide range of natural disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, volcanoes, landslides, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and epidemics.
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Audience:
NC1220L Lexile
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Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
ocm66392731
Availability:
~0
