Disaster!: Hurricanes
- ISBN-10
- 0516408526
- ISBN-13
- 9780516408521
- Series
- Disaster!
- Category
- Hurricanes
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982-01-01
- Publisher
- Childrens Press
- Author
- Dennis Brindell Fradin
Description
Discusses the conditions that cause hurricanes to form and the precautions that should be taken against them. Also describes some famous hurricane disasters, including Camille, which hit the Gulf States in August, 1969.
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- 2014-02-24
- 224 pages
- Ebook
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- 2014-02-24
- 224 pages
- Paperback
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- 2010-02-16
- 478 pages
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- 2010
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