Synthesizing literature from a wide range of authoritative sources, this book is an invaluable guide to hurricanes and their impact and is essential reading for students, scientists, mariners, and coastal residents alike.
Tells how hurricanes form, how scientists study them, and how they have affected the United States throughout this century.
An introduction to hurricanes with information on how they begin, when and where they occur, the damage they can do, and some of the worst storms of this century.
Explains why hurricanes occur and describes the technology used to study them, the damage they inflict, and some of the more famous hurricanes in history.
Explains The Step-By-Step Process Of The Hurricane Including Its Strength, Speed, The Parts Of A Hurricane, Danger Zones, Evacuation, Damages, And Hurricane Hunters.
Hurricanes of the North Atlantic Ocean have left their imprint on the landscape and human cultures for thousands of years. In modern times, fewer lifes have been lost due, in...
Natural disasters happen all around the world.
Discusses, in graphic novel format, the causes and effects of hurricanes, recounting some of the world's biggest hurricanes and what people do to study and predict hurricanes.
Hurricanes: How to Prepare & Recover : Stories, Photographs, and Illustrations
Discusses the nature, causes, and dangers of hurricanes, hurricanes of the past, and ways to survive these violent storms.
Setting the stage with concise information on what hurricanes are and how they form, the book goes on to present scenarios from three major hurricanes: the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 that hit the Florida keys; Hurricane Andrew, which ...