Natural disasters

Explains why earthquakes occur and describes the technology used to study them, the damage they inflict, and some of the more famous earthquakes in history.

Text and illustrations show how volcanoes form, describe different kinds of eruptions, and explain prediction and safety.

This book explains how tornadoes form, describes the technology used in predicting tornadoes, and offers safety tips for surviving this natural disaster.

Photographs, maps, and text provide a brief understanding of hurricanes, how they are formed, and the destruction they leave behind.

Explains what causes floods, how the United States prepares for them, the destruction they leave behind, and the flooding that occurred after Hurricane Katrina.

Describes how ships are used to send aid in response to such disasters as tsunamis and hurricanes.

Detail the procedures commonly used by emergency personnel in dealing with natural disasters.

Presents a brief description of various first responders to local, national, and international disasters including the Civil Air Patrol, Medevac, and FEMA.

A detailed description of tsunamis which includes their causes as well as the prediction of their occurrence and techniques of survival and rescue afterwards.