natural disasters

In dramatic scenes of cataclysmic destruction and human courage, you'll journey with National Geographic as we learn how earthquakes create and shape our landscapes, even as they destroy cities like San Francisco and Tokyo. Discover how rotating updrafts can build into the towering tornados that sweep the Midwest's "Tornado Alley," or how cloud disturbances can grow into the awesome hurricanes that ravage coastal areas of Bangladesh and Florida. Witness the devastation of flooding in France and China, and learn, as today's scientists have, that the mighty Mississippi cannot be easily tamed. You'll meet heroes, fighting to save homes and lives, but see victims too, suffering unspeakable tragedies.

Explores how technology is used to study natural disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires, and warn people about them.

Looks at the science of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions, highlighting such major disasters as Tambora and Montserrat.

Provides an overview of natural disasters, discussing disasters throughout history, how they are predicted, how people prepare and respond to them, recovery efforts, and what happens when resources are limited.

Chronicles over a century of natural disasters and argues that wealthy Americans are more protected from such events than the poor, elderly, and minorities.

Mark and Trina are survivors of the solar flares that hit and devastated the Earth, long before WICKED and the Glade were around and Thomas conquered the Maze. Mark and Trina have found a way to survive, but the deadly disease--causing rage and lunacy in its victims--is coming their way from the eastern United States. Worse, it might not be a natural disease at all. Desperate, Mark and Trina know they have to unlock the mystery of the disease if they want to survive.

Introduces how scientists study and learn from natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, El Nino, and volcanoes.

Explains how the cataclysmic-collision theory of dinosaur extinction came about and the scientific melee that ensued.

Presents answers to over one thousand questions about storms and atmospheric phenomena, including hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, wind, fog, extreme temperatures, and others, and features drawings and photographs.