Titre:
Natural disasters
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Sommaire:
Full-colour photographs and illustrations are combined with facts and statistics to portray the amazing power of hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters.
EBSP_VARIANT_TITLE:
Eyewitness natural disasters.
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2006
SERIES_EPSB:
Description matérielle:
72 p. : col. ill. 29 cm.
Note générale:
Includes index.
Table des matières:
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.
Terme de vedette-matière:
Vedette secondaire auteur:
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780756620721
9780756620738
Informations de publication:
London ; New York : DK Pub., 2006.