Hurricane & tornado
Title:
Hurricane & tornado
Author:
Challoner, Jack, author.
ISBN:
9780744028959
Personal Author:
Edition:
American edition.
New edition.
Revised edition.
Physical Description:
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
Series:
DK eyewitness books
DK eyewitness books.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought, with photographs, historical background, and legends.
