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Preparing for Disaster (Preparing for Disaster)

Published 30 December 2019
Children

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One of a series that examines natural disasters and extreme weather, detailing the science behind them and the negative and positive effects on people and the environment. "Droughts" includes research into predicting natural disasters, safety tips on surviving them, and information on notable disasters in history as well as myths created to explain their origin.

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Great American Dust Bowl

by Don Brown

Published 8 October 2013
Children

"A complete visual package." --Booklist, starred reviewOn a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions specks of dust to form a duster--a savage storm--on America's high southern plains.The sky turned black, sand-filled winds scoured the paint off houses and cars, trains derailed, and electricity coursed through the air. Sand and dirt fell like snow--people got lost in the gloom and suffocated... and that was just the beginning.Don Brown brings the Dirty Th...

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Nature's Fury (Life (Twenty-First Century Books))

Published 1 September 2008
Young Adult

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"Covers Hurricane Katrina as a watershed event in U.S. history, influencing social, economic, and political policies that shaped the nation's future"--Provided by publisher.

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Cover of Rescue of the Bounty (Young Readers Edition)

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Floods (Restless Planet)

by Emma Durham and Mark Maslin

Published 10 February 1999
Children

Examines the causes of floods, their effects on the environment and people's lives, their benefits, and the ways in which they can be predicted, prevented, or contained.

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Survive an Avalanche (Survival Zone)

by Patrick Perish

Published 1 January 2017
Children

Cover of Are You Sure You're Safe? a Discussion on Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Tsunami and Storms Environment Books for Kids Junior Scholars Edition Children's Environment Books

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Prepare to Survive (Prepare to Survive)

Published 1 January 2009
Children

Cover of Shakes and Quakes Natural Disasters that Change the Earth Science Book 5th Grade Children's Earth Sciences Books

Cover of Shakes and Quakes Natural Disasters that Change the Earth Science Book 5th Grade Children's Earth Sciences Books

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Titanic and Other Disasters

Published 20 February 2012
Children

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Lost in a Rain Forest (Stranded!)

by Michael Burgan

Published 1 January 2014
Children

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Cover of Inundación (Flood)