tornadoes

Allie, failing school and fearing she is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, decides there is no way she can face her always fighting parents and decides to run away, but she gets a different perspective on her life and future when a tornado hits, destroying her home and injuring her mother.

Presents twelve essays and articles on tornadoes, covering the science behind them, study of them, prediction of and safety from them, and firsthand accounts of tornado disasters.

Discusses tornadoes, covering how they form, when they occur, safety, and more.

Explains how a tornado forms, describes its warning signs, discusses such topics as updrafts, downdrafts, and rotation, and provides tornado safety guidelines.

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.

Provides information about the causes, conduct, and consequences of thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, hailstorms, and other types of wild weather, looks at some of history's worst weather, and includes safety tips.

Looks at the weather phenomena known as a tornado, explaining what tornadoes are, where and why they occur, and what conditions are like during a tornado, and discusses how people prepare for and cope with these powerful windstorms.

Introduces the causes and environmental effects of tornadoes.

Describes how tornadoes and hurricanes form and the damage they do.

Describes how a hurricane or tornado happens, the damage caused, and precautions and defensive behavior.