Flood and monsoon alert!
By: Rachel Eagen
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Series: Disaster alert!; Disaster alert!
Publisher: Crabtree Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: St. Catharines, Ont; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778715917; 9780778716242; 9781427196194
Subjects: Floods; Juvenile literature; Monsoons
Description: Features the science behind these destructive natural disasters and tells how societies around the world cope with their ferocity, covering such topics as the making of a monsoon, famous floods, and types of damage.
Notes: "Guided reading: Q"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Water gone wild; title: Science of floods; title: Monsoon in the making; title: Life of a flood; title: Life of a monsoon; title: Famous floods; title: Warning signs; title: Path of a flood; title: Path of a monsoon; title: When a flood strikes; title: Receding water; title: Recipe for disaster.