natural disasters

Explains natural disasters and the current research and prediction technology, including computer modeling, robotics, and satellite imagery.

Presents information on how scientists track and predict natural disasters, in simple text with illustrations, covering earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

Discusses causes of ice storms and areas they are most prevalent, the damage they can inflict, some specific ice storms in history, and explains how to prepare for and survive an ice storm. Includes a related activity.

Explains the causes of droughts, discusses where they occur and their aftermath, and describes droughts throughout history.

Discusses volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, and other destructive forces in nature. Also briefly describes possible ways to harness their energy.

Provides facts about earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and mud slides and discusses how to deal with and survive a natural disaster.

Text and photographs summarize natural disasters emphasizing the causes, the loss of life and property, and ways of lessening the damage.

After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.

Presents facts, stories, and photographs about over one thousands natural disasters, geographic features, extremes, and strange pheonomena.