Natural disasters
Subtitle: the terrifying forces of nature
By: Karen Farrington
Publisher: Parkgate
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781902616575
Subjects: Natural disasters; Chronology
Description: Explains how and why many natural disaster occur with reference to specific examples of hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, avalanches and volcanoes - Vesuvius - Krakatoa - Yellow River flood - Mount Pelee - Aberfan land slip - Mount St Helens - Thredbo landslide.
Notes: Originally published: London : PRC, 1999.
Table of contents: title: Earthquakes; title: Volcanoes; title: Avalanches; title: Floods; title: Cyclones; title: hurricanes; title: typhoons; title: Tornadoes; title: Natural disasters.