Describes a wide range of natural disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, volcanoes, landslides, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and epidemics.
72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Other Title:
Eyewitness natural disasters
Notes:
At head of title: Eyewitness Includes index
Contents:
Dynamic planet Restless earth The earth shakes Surviving a quake What is a tsunami? Wave power Walls of water Japanese tsunami Recovery begins Tsunami warnings Mighty volcanoes Rivers of fire Landslides and avalanches Earth's atmosphere Wild weather Hurricane force Battling the wind Hurricane Katrina Twisting tornadoes Flood alert Raging waters Drought and famine Wildfire Fighting fires Climate change Unnatural disasters Infectious diseases Epidemic Future disasters Did you know? Timeline Find out more