When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years. Includes an author's note which provides factual information on tsunamis.
Explores several types of extreme weather, including tornadoes, thunderstorms, blizzards, and droughts, and looks at the ways in which humans affect the weather of the planet.
A look at snowstorms, explaining how snowflakes form, discussing the potential dangers of snowstorms and blizzards, and showing how scientists track storms.
Presents a discussion of tornadoes, covering how, when, and where they form, the damage that can be caused by them, and what one can do to prepare for them.
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.
