Provides information about rain and floods, explaining what they are, reviewing the water cycle, and discussing what it is like to live with and without rain, monsoons, dangerous floods, and other topics.
Provides information on ten of history's worst flood-related disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi River floods of 1993, and the 1964 tsunami in Alaska.
In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves.
Discusses the causes, types, and effects of floods, with case studies from the North Sea coasts, the Mississippi River, Japan, India and Bangladesh, Boscastle Valley in the U.K., and New Orleans, and covers flood prediction and defense.
Tracy, her brother, and the new animal care volunteer at the Jefferson Science Center travel by boat to feed a dog stranded by flooding, and end up having a full day of dangerous adventures, which give them new perspectives about themselves and about each other.
Explains the science behind floods, discussing how, why, and where they occur, considering the cost of floods, and looking at significant floods of the past.
Young Samantha does not believe her parents when they tell her to stop hitting her brother or she will be sorry, but she soon learns just how right they are when his tears flood their entire town.
