Natural disasters

Título
Natural disasters

Claire. Watts

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

Eyewitness natural disasters.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2006

Eyewitness books

Descripción física
72 p. : col. ill. 29 cm.

Nota general
Includes index.

Contenido
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.

Término de la materia
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

Autor añadido
Day, Trevor.

Síntesis
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

Información de publicación
London ; New York : DK Pub., 2006.


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