Description
Book SynopsisLook inside natural disasters and discover how they work!
Natural disasters devastate communities. They reshape the landscape and can drastically change people''s lives for years after the event. Learn all about wildfires and freak weather. Find out how they form and where they are most likely to occur. Case studies and diagrams throughout reveal what scientists know about these phenomena and how they study them.
Explore how natural disasters work by cracking them open and looking at them from the inside. How do they happen? How are they destructive? What happens on the inside of each phenomena? And where in the world are the danger zones? This series explore each of these questions in detail.
This series uses detailed artwork, cutaways and images from real-life to give a rounded view of each event. Perfect for readers aged 9 +.
Table of Contents
- 1: Introducing Wildfires and Freak Weather
- 1: When a Wildfire Ignites
- 1: Types of Wildfire
- 1: Parts of a Wildfire
- 1: CASE STUDY: Victoria, 2009
- 1: Wildfire Fighters
- 1: Preventing Fire
- 1: Freak Weather
- 1: Heatwaves and Drought
- 1: Flash Floods
- 1: Ice Storms
- 1: Dust Storms
- 1: Fish Rain and Orange Snow
- 1: Glossary, Books and Helpful Websites
- 1: Index
