Hurricane
Subtitle: perspectives on storm disasters
By: Andrew Langley
Series: Disaster dossiers
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781406280296
Subjects: Emergency management; Juvenile literature; Hurricanes
Description: What is it like to witness a hurricane? How is its reporting and history formed from different people's perspectives of the event? This book uses first-hand accounts from eyewitnesses, survivors, the emergency services, scientists and the media to describe what happened before, during and after Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Caribbean and parts of the United States in 2012. We also look at the science: the facts, the timeline and the physical causes and effects of the hurricane. Why was Hurricane Sandy unique? And how long will the clean-up take?
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Table of contents: title: Dossier: Hurricane Sandy; title: Deadly storm; title: In the disaster zone; title: Dossier: Sandy's impact on North America; title: The emergency services react; title: Dossier: How to survive a hurricane; title: Telling the world; title: Dossier: The Bhola cyclone; title: Scientists at work; title: Dossier: Hurricane Katrina; title: Recovery and Reconstruction; title: Dossier: Hurricane Mitch; title: What have we learned?; title: Timeline; title: Glossary; title: Find out more; title: Index.