Natural disasters

Titre
Natural disasters

Claire. Watts

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2006

Eyewitness books

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

Edition
1st American ed.

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.

Ages 9-12 years.

All Juvenile

Terme de vedette-matière
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

Vedette secondaire auteur
Day, Trevor.

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

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780756620721
 
9780756620738

Informations de publication
London ; New York : DK Pub., 2006.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
George P. Nicholson363.34 WATBook31004000173414Non-Fiction
George P. Nicholson363.34 WATBook31004000173398Non-Fiction