severe storms

This book describes the activity of storm chasing, including how it's done, the dangers involved, and how it has helped scientists learn about severe weather.

Describes the changing nature of weather and how meteorologists predict and study storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.

Discusses the tools and equipment used by scientists and other specialists who head into violent storms and the dangers associated with the practice, and describes the main characteristics of tornadoes, hurricanes, waterspouts, and thunderstorms.

Explores the science behind weather including information on clouds, thunderstorms, and hurricanes.

"In storms, see what happens when huge masses of air collide. Destructive or not, storms benefit us. The tropical regions of the Earth would be too hot to inhabit -- and the subpolar regionsto cold -- if we didn't have hurricanes and typhoons to distribute the Earth's heat so efficiently" -- Container.

Describes the risks of lightning, thunderstorm winds, and flash floods, and how to stay safe, including strategies for those who work outdoors, lightning myths, and survival stories.

Describes how storm chasers in weather trucks use radar to trace a storm's path in order to warn people ahead of time.

Explores how humans are affecting the world's weather patterns and argues that if changes are not made, weather events will become more catastrophic in the future.

Storm chaser Jim Reed recounts his fifteen-year career photographing weather phenomena across the United States, sharing some of his most memorable experiences and images and discussing how global warming is impacting the world's weather patterns.