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Eyewitness hurricane & tornado / written by Jack Challoner.

Hurricane & tornado (portion title)
Hurricane and tornado (other title)
Challoner, Jack. (Author). Challoner, Jack. Hurricane & tornado. (Added Author).

Summary:

Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background, and legends.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0756606896
  • ISBN: 075660690X
  • ISBN: 9780756606909
  • Physical Description: 72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: revised edition
  • Publisher: New York : DK Pub., 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Rev. ed. of: Hurricane & tornado. 1st American ed. 2000.
Formatted Contents Note:
Weather folklore 8 -- Early forecasts 10 -- What is extreme weather? 12 -- Causes of extreme weather 14 -- Severe winds 16 -- Thunderous storms 18 -- Twisting tornadoes 20 -- Tornado force 22 -- Lightning strikes 24 -- Hailstorms 26 -- Hurricane alert 28 -- Hurricane horror 30 -- Fog and smog 32 -- High seas 34 -- Snowstorms 36 -- Avalanche 38 -- Floods and landslides 40 -- Deadly droughts 42 -- Polar extremes 44 -- Weather watch 46 -- Disaster relief 48 -- Nature's survivors 50 -- Climate change 52 -- El Nino phenomenon 54 -- Freaky conditions 56 -- Weather beyond Earth 58.
Target Audience Note:
IG1090L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.7 1 87015.
Subject:
Natural disasters > Juvenile literature.
Severe storms > Juvenile literature.
Storms > Juvenile literature.
Weather > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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