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HarperCollins Publishers, Collins
Language
English
Pages
217

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Table of Contents

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

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Includes index.

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363.34
Library of Congress
GB5014 .G53 2007, GB5014.G53 2007

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p. cm.
Number of pages
217

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OL17974286M
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ISBN 13
9780060891435
LCCN
2007023016
OCLC/WorldCat
141187964
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