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1) Blizzards
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
Explains the science behind blizzards, discussing how, why, and where they occur, showing how they differ from ordinary snowstorms, and looking at some of the most significant blizzards of the past.
2) Hurricanes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Provides information about hurricanes, describing the conditions that lead to their formation, discussing what happens during the course of such storms, explaining how they are tracked and named, and looking at some historic hurricanes.
3) Tornadoes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Provides information about tornadoes, discussing the conditions that lead to their formation, looking at what happens during the course of the ferocious storms, and tracing the wreckage of some of the major twisters of the past.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Presents an overview of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, blizzards, floods, and other types of dangerous weather; provides a time line of catastrophic weather events from c. 3200 B.C. to 1997; features a chronology of meteorological discovery; and includes weather experiments that may be performed at home.
5) Droughts
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
Explains the science behind droughts, discussing how, why, and where they occur, describing how global climate change might affect the severity of droughts, and looking at serious droughts in the past.
6) Floods
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
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.