num_pages: 32
description: What began as rippling waves off the Alaskan coast ended as a fearsome, towering wall of water that swallowed the small town of Hilo, Hawaii. In Tsunami! The 1946 Hilo Wave of Terror , readers will journey to this lush, tropical island to meet neighbors and friends as they prepared for school, work, and daily activities just moments before a crashing wave of terror swallowed their homes--and lives. With the benefit of gripping four-color photos, maps, and a diagram of tsunami formation, students will discover the causes of tsunamis, and learn about advances in warning and safety procedures since the Hilo disaster.
language: English
title: Tsunami!: The 1946 Hilo Wave of Terror
titlecomplete: Tsunami!: The 1946 Hilo Wave of Terror (X-treme Disasters That Changed America)
ratings_count: 3
series: X-treme Disasters That Changed America
publisher: Bearport Books