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Hurricane & tornado Cover Image Book

Hurricane & tornado / written by Jack Challoner.

Eyewitness hurricane & tornado (other title)
Hurricane and tornado (other title)
DK Eyewitness Hurricane and tornado (portion title)
Challoner, Jack, (author.).

Summary:

Become an eyewitness to nature's most extreme weather phenomena. See inside the eye of a cyclone, witness hailstones the size of tennis balls, and learn how a gentle mountain stream can become a raging surge within a few minutes. Discover a bridge that collapsed due to severe gusts of wind, and learn about a tree species in southwest Africa that can survive several years of drought. Along the way, you'll uncover historical items that reveal how ancient civilizations predicted the weather as well as the weather-forecasting techniques that have developed over the centuries and how human activity can cause weather patterns to change.-- Publisher marketing.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0241381487
  • ISBN: 0744028957
  • ISBN: 0744039649
  • ISBN: 9780241381489
  • ISBN: 9780744028959
  • ISBN: 9780744039641
  • ISBN: 9781685052423
  • Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: New edition.; Revised edition.; American edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"New edition"--Cover.
Originally published in 1995.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
IG1090L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.7 1 87015.

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Cyclones > Juvenile literature.
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Genre:
Illustrated works.
Informational works.

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