Natural disasters

Contains information about floods and tsunamis, explaining what they are, how they happen, where they occur, and other topics; features discussion of forecasting and measurement techniques, as well as flood protection and prevention; and includes a look at record-breaking floods.

Contains information about wildfires, explaining what they are, how they happen, where they occur, and other topics; features discussion of wildfire prediction and prevention; and includes a look at record-breaking wildfires.

An introduction to violent storms, discussing weather patterns, damaging effects, human causes, monitoring equipment, and what can be done to protect people and property.

Briefly examines the causes, effects, and consequences of famine, drought, and plague and the role humans play in these disasters.

Explains why forest fires occur, describes the technology used to study them, discusses the damage they cause, and looks at some of history's worst forest fires.

Describes how and why tornadoes happen, discusses the damage they can cause, and looks at some of history's most destructive tornadoes.

Explains why hurricanes occur, describes the technology used to study them, looks at the damage they cause, and discusses some of history's worst hurricanes.

Describes how and why floods happen, discusses the damage they cause and ways to control them, and looks at some of history's most destructive floods.

Describes how and why earthquakes happen, discusses the damage they can cause and how they are measured, and looks at some of history's most destructive quakes.

Describes how and why blizzards form, discusses the damage they cause and ways to predict them, and looks at some of history's most disastrous blizzards.