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1) Hurricanes
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With wind speeds that can reach more than 150 miles per hour, full-blown hurricanes can uproot giant trees, cause major power outages, and inundate areas with immense amounts of rain. This engaging book will educate readers on the science behind how hurricanes form and why they can be so dangerous. Readers will also gain life-saving knowledge on ways to stay safe if they ever have to deal with this natural disaster that can quickly become deadly.
2) Blizzards
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Blizzards bring blinding snow, major wind gusts, and treacherous ice to many parts of the world. All of these create dangerous challenges and demonstrate nature's power. This book introduces readers to the conditions that cause blizzards to form and will familiarize students with the most extreme blizzards in history. Safety and survival techniques are explained. With striking photographs of record snowfalls and engaging facts about the incredible...
3) Tornadoes
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Tornadoes can strike quickly nearly anywhere on Earth, unleashing deadly winds and damaging hail. The United States has more tornadoes each year than any other country. This book teaches young readers about how these swirling storms form. The engaging nonfiction narrative helps readers understand life-saving ways to prepare and stay safe if a tornado warning is issued in their area. With astonishing photographs and remarkable facts that follow Earth...
4) Floods
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Floods can transform normally dry areas into dangerous, rushing rapids with hardly any warning. Spectacular photographs will make readers feel immersed in the power of these natural disasters that can cost more than 1 billion dollars to clean up. Readers learn floods can happen nearly everywhere, even in deserts. Engaging scientific facts that align with Earth science curricula help readers learn about what causes these disasters, from the first formation...
5) Tsunamis
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A tsunami is a series of powerful sea waves that can travel as fast as a commercial jet and sweep people and even buildings away. With approachable text, fascinating sidebars, and diagrams that provide a memorable introduction to Earth science curricula, students will learn about the natural forces that cause these dangerous waves to form. Vivid photographs will keep readers captivated as they learn about the destruction that the worst tsunamis in...
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