Natural disasters

Title
Natural disasters

Personal Author EPSB
Claire. Watts

Summary
Full-colour photographs and illustrations are combined with facts and statistics to portray the amazing power of hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters.

Other Title
Eyewitness natural disasters.

Year Published
2006

Series
Eyewitness books

Physical Description
72 p. : col. ill. 29 cm.

Edition
1st American ed.

Note
Includes index.

Contents
Savage nature -- Shifting earth -- What is a tsunami? -- Tsunami magnitude --Tsunami risk area -- History of tsunamis -- 2004 Tsunami strike -- 2004 Devastation -- Recovery -- Tsunami warning -- Earthquakes -- Earthquake strike -- Volcanic earth -- Volcano strike -- Landslides and avalanches -- Flood alert -- Flood strike -- Drought -- Firestarter -- Fire strike -- Thunder and lightning -- Stormy weather -- Hurrricane strike -- Tornado alley -- Climate change -- Unnatural disaster -- Epidemic! -- Invisible enemies -- Future disasters -- Did you know? -- Timeline of natural disasters.
 
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 atomosphere -- Wild weather -- Huricane 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.
 
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.

Age Interest level
Ages 9-12 years.

Grade Interest level
All Juvenile

Subject
Natural disasters.
 
Tsunamis---Juvenile Literature
 
Natural Disasters---Juvenile Literature
 
Earthquakes---Juvenile Literature
 
Volcanoes---Juvenile Literature
 
Hurricanes---Juvenile Literature
 
Tornadoes---Juvenile Literature
 
Floods---Juvenile Literature
 
Landslides and Avalanches---Juvenile Literature
 
Drought and Famine---Juvenile Literature
 
Epidemics---Juvenile Literature
 
Weather.
 
Tornadoes.
 
Hurricanes.
 
Tsunami
 
Volcanoes.
 
Earthquakes.
 
Tsunamis.
 
Earthquakes
 
Volcanoes

Added Author
Day, Trevor.

Summary
Full-colour photographs and illustrations are combined with facts and statistics to portray the amazing power of hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters.

ISBN
9780756620721
 
9780756620738

Publisher
London ; New York : DK Pub., 2006.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
George P. Nicholson363.34 WATBook31004000173414Non-Fiction
George P. Nicholson363.34 WATBook31004000173398Non-Fiction