natural disasters

"Displays Earth's systems, their interactions, and those impacts on populations, including earthquakes and volcanoes caused by shifting plates, atmospheric changes, and other natural events"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and text introduce what volcanoes are and what they do, as well as some specific volcanoes in history.

An exploration of Earth's catastrophic past and violent present.

Factual accounts of a variety of natural disasters that have occurred during the last 20 years including the 1964 Alaskan earthquake and the 1977 Buffalo, New York, blizzard.

Provides information about different types of natural disasters, including floods, fires, droughts, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and others, and features three-dimensional global maps that show where these disasters most frequently occur.

Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Everyone evacuated Mount St. Helens, which had been signalling a coming volcanic eruption, except an elderly man who considered the mountain home.

Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background, and legends.