natural disasters

Tornadoes can cause major destruction. They are caused by warm and cold air mixing together. Though tornadoes cannot be prevented, there are things that people can do to be safe..

Hurricanes are one of the deadliest natural disasters in the world. They are big and dangerous storms. People cannot stop hurricanes from happening, but scientists are now beginning to understand more about these storms.

Floods are one of the deadliest natural disasters in the world. Floods can happen anywhere there is a body of water. Flooding has occurred in every state in the United States of America. This is the most common type of natural disaster.

Even though natural disasters often seem inexplicable, this text takes these destructive events caused by forces of nature and describes the fundamental science behind their occurrences. Information about historic natural disasters, as well as preparedness and rescue methods, benefits any reader who seeks to understand these global happenings.

Describes the science behind dangerous, wild, and deadly weather, including heat waves, blizzards, thunderstorms, floods, and hurricanes, and explains what can be done about the current extreme weather conditions on the planet.

After a major earthquake devastates Los Angeles, seventeen-year-old Mia wants only to take care of her younger brother and traumatized mother, but two fanatical doomsday cults vie for her powers, drawn from the multiple lightning strikes she has experienced.

Provides an introduction to earthquakes, discussing the causes, the effects, and preparing for one, and examines the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

Provides an introduction to the danger of tornadoes, covering the science behind them, study of them, prediction of and safety from them, and accounts of tornado disasters.

Provides an introduction to volcanoes, discussing the causes, the effects, and being prepared for one, and examines the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980.