storms

Ever since he was born, Elliot has suffered terrible anxiety and fear, fear even of his own feelings of fear. Only a daily regimen of pills makes life manageable--but one Christmas Eve the pharmacy has mixed-up his prescription, threatening to unleash "the beast," as Elliot calls it. His mother heads out during the severe snowstorm, with the pharmacy only ten minutes away, and hours later is still gone. The only thing to do is for Elliot to face his fear and head out after her, hoping his medication will last before the beast takes over his mind.

In its worst crisis since World War II, Japan faces disaster on an epic scale: a rising death toll in the tens of thousands, massive destruction of homes and businesses, shortages of water and power, and the specter of nuclear reactor meltdowns. It combines on-the-spot reporting, personal stories, compelling eyewitness videos, and exclusive helicopter footage for a unique look at the science behind the catastrophe.

A scientist is determined to discover a better way of predicting tornadoes with a device that shoots thousands of little trackers into the eye of the storm. Trouble is, getting it there is very dangerous.

Ms. Fizzle and her class head into the clouds to explore weather, including hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms, lightning, and weather forecasting.

Describes the location, nature, development, measurement, and destructive effects of tornadoes, as well as how to stay out of danger from them.

"Carefully leveled text and ... photographs introduce emergent readers to the science behind lightning and thunder. Includes picture glossary and index."--Provided by publisher.

Moss lives alone with her magician father and a dog on a magical island, until a tempest sweeps a wild, not-quite-human boy, Callan, onto its beaches, and the two grow close, despite her father's worries--and then one day, a young man from the outside world is shipwrecked on her island, and after that nothing will be the same again.

Readers learn about hurricanes and tornadoes.

It's easy to see why some people hate storms. They're big, loud, and often accompanied by rain. But without storms to distribute heat, the tropical regions of the Earth would be too hot--and the subpolar regions too cold.

Examines superstorms and their potential destructiveness, including thunderstorms, hailstone showers, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons.