tornadoes

A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends.

Adam's brother has the ability to predict the weather, and when he senses there is a killer tornado headed for a small town in Kansas, they travel there to try and save as many lives as possible.

When Police Chief Charlie Grover discovers three mutilated bodies in a tornado-ravaged farmhouse, he first believes they were impaled by flying debris, but as he digs a little deeper, he realizes the victims were murdered by someone who was trying to use the tornado to cover his tracks.

Text and more than eighty photos and illustrations explainwhat hurricanes and tornadoes are, describe the damage they do, and present historic examples of them.

Describes how and why tornadoes happen, the damage they can cause, and some of the most destructive tornadoes of the past.

Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.

After a tornado leaves him with heaps of scrap metal and no animals on the farm, the determined farmer puts in motion a plan to create his own animals using the materials he has available and, despite his skeptical neighbors, completes his plan with great success.

Presents facts on tornadoes, cyclones, hurricanes and more. Includes photographs, stories, and science projects.

Explains how scientists are able to predict, measure, and follow tornadoes and hurricanes..