Disaster alert!

Provides information about wildfires, explaining what they are, the different types of wildfires, and their causes; looking at some famous forest and city fires; examining fire-fighting techniques; and discussing what to do to stay safe in case of fire.

Provides information about storms, looking at what ancient people believed about the causes of storms, explaining how storms form, discussing the science of storm prediction, and examining some of history's most famous storms.

"The year 2017 saw the most active and costly hurricane season on record. Photographs help tell the human stories of Harvey, hitting Texas and Louisiana; Irma, the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded, pummeling Florida; and Maria, the worst natural disaster ever to hit Puerto Rico and Dominica. Detailed information tracks the paths of each storm, the clean-ups that followed, and what remains to do"--Provided by publisher.

Provides information about wildfires, explaining what they are, the different types of wildfires, and their causes; looking at some famous forest and city fires; examining fire-fighting techniques; and discussing what to do to stay safe in case of fire.

Photographs and text provide information about tornadoes, explaining what they are and how they form, how they are studied, the damage they can cause, and how to stay safe, and includes a look at some famous twisters.

Explains how volcanoes form, describes significant ones from history, and shows how to make one's own mini-volcano.

Discusses plate tectonics, seismic waves, the impact of earthquakes, safety precautions, practices for making buildings and bridges earthquake-safe, and animal behavior before earthquakes.

The year 2017 saw the most active and costly hurricane season on record. Moving photographs help tell the human stories of Harvey, hitting Texas and Louisiana; Irma, the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded, pummeling Florida; and Maria, the worst natural disaster ever to hit Puerto Rico and Dominica. Detailed information tracks the paths of each storm, the clean-ups that followed, what remains to do.

It cost $10 billion to combat the wildfires in California in 2017 that scorched 300,000 acres of land and left 100,000 people displaced. With dry weather and drought bringing more catastrophic wildfires to the western United States and Canada, this timely title discusses the human and physical impacts of these and other fire disasters and how fire professionals and policymakers are combatting them.