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Hurricanes, typhoons, & other tropical cyclones.

Material type: TextTextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublisher: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., [2018]Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 47 pages: maps, col illustration; 27cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780716699354Other title: Hurricanes, typhoons, and other tropical cyclonesSubject(s): Hurricanes -- Juvenile literature | Typhoons -- Juvenile literature | Cyclones -- Juvenile literature | Natural disasters -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: J 551.552 HURR
Contents:
Wind and cyclones -- Changing history -- Building up to a hurricane -- Hurricane Mitch -- The great hurricane of 1780 -- The eye of the storm -- Storm surges -- Galveston's great storm -- Hurricane Katrina -- Hurricane Wilma -- 2017 Atlantic hurricane season -- Hurricane Sandy -- Studying hurricanes -- Okeechobee and Long Island -- Big winds of the Pacific -- Japan and the Philippines -- Typhoon Cobra -- Storms off the Indian Ocean -- Bangladesh -- The destruction of Darwin -- Typhoon Haiyan -- Surviving a hurricane.
Summary: "A discussion of hurricanes, typhoons, and other tropical cyclones, describing their characteristics, formation, and human and environmental impacts. Features descriptions of significant tropical cyclones from history"-- Provided by publisher.
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500: Science Non Fiction J 551.552 HURR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33228024396655

Includes index.

Wind and cyclones -- Changing history -- Building up to a hurricane -- Hurricane Mitch -- The great hurricane of 1780 -- The eye of the storm -- Storm surges -- Galveston's great storm -- Hurricane Katrina -- Hurricane Wilma -- 2017 Atlantic hurricane season -- Hurricane Sandy -- Studying hurricanes -- Okeechobee and Long Island -- Big winds of the Pacific -- Japan and the Philippines -- Typhoon Cobra -- Storms off the Indian Ocean -- Bangladesh -- The destruction of Darwin -- Typhoon Haiyan -- Surviving a hurricane.

"A discussion of hurricanes, typhoons, and other tropical cyclones, describing their characteristics, formation, and human and environmental impacts. Features descriptions of significant tropical cyclones from history"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 5-11.

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