Extreme natural disasters
By: Christine Gibson.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Collins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780060891435
Subjects: Natural disasters
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Where in the world?; title: Prediction, preparation and prevention; title: The worst of the worst; title: Atmosphere of destruction; title: Hurricanes; title: From disturbance to storm; title: Katrina; title: Hurricane Wilma; title: Floyd; title: Mitch; title: When a hurricane hit Galveston; title: Other major storms; title: Tornadoes; title: Bangladesh; title: The tri-state tornado; title: Moore, Oklahoma; title: The devastation; title: Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965; title: La Plata, Maryland, 2002; title: Ice storms, snowstorms, and avalanches; title: The ice storm of 1998; title: The blizzard of 1993; title: Hailstorms: Germany, 1984 and China, 2002; title: Avalanches: Peru and Washington State; title: Floods and their consequences; title: Bangladesh, August 1998 and July 1999; title: The mighty Mississippi; title: Yangtze river, China, 1931; title: The Johnstown flood of 1889; title: Guatemalan mudslide; title: El Niño; title: Drought and heat waves; title: The dust bowl; title: Black wind in inner Mongolia; title: Africa: endemic drought; title: Drought around the world; title: Droughts related to el Niño; title: California wildfires; title: Receding glaciers; title: Dynamic geology; title: Earthquakes; title: Pakistan, 2005; title: Izmit, Turkey, 1999; title: Mexico, September 19, 1985; title: San Francisco, 1906; title: Intraplate quakes:; title: Shaanxi and new Madrid; title: Volcanoes; title: Mount Tambora, Indonesia; title: Mount Pelee, Martinique; title: Soufriere Hills, Montserrat; title: Mount St. Helens; title: Mount Pinatubo, Philippines; title: Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia; title: Tsunamis; title: Sumatra, 2005; title: Hilo, Hawaii, 1946; title: Chile, 1960; title: Japan faces the waves.