Hurricane & tornado
Book - 2021
Discover why hurricanes and tornadoes are so destructive. Understand the impacts of extreme weather and how forecasting and warning systems help keep people safe.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Informational works
Illustrated works - Published
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- American edition ; Revised edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
- Audience
- IG1090L
- ISBN
- 9780744039641
9780744028959
9780241381489
- 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
- Find out more
- Glossary
- Index