Title:
Hurricane & tornado / written by Jack Challoner.
ISBN:
9780744028959
9780744039641
9780241381489
Personal Author:
Edition:
New edition.
Revised edition.
American edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
General Note:
First published in 1995.
"New edition"--Cover.
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.
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.7 1 87015.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.5 6 Quiz: 28525 Guided reading level: W.
Audience:
IG1090L Lexile
Series Title:
Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
on1241164724
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
Hastings - Pleasant Hill~1
