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Blizzards. / World Book - 3rd edition. - Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., 2018 - 56 pages; colour illustrations; 27.5 cm. - World Book's library of natural disasters .

Includes index.

What is a blizzard? -- Blizzards back in time -- Blizzard winds -- Blizzards of 1888 -- Blizzards and the human body -- Blizzards around the world -- Napoleon's grand retreat -- The white hurricane of 1913 -- Storm damage -- After a blizzard -- Race to the South Pole -- Hard lessons of 1922 -- The superstorm of 1993 -- Potomac air crash -- The billion-dollar blizzard of 1996 -- Surviving a blizzard -- Chicago's "big snow" of 1967 -- The Groundhog Day blizzard of 2011 -- Blizzard rescue -- Boston winter of 2014-15 -- Forecasting blizzards -- Eastern U.S. blizzard of 2016.

Stories from more than a century of blizzards, plus surviving in and rescuing after a blizzard. "A discussion of blizzards, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant blizzards and other snowstorms from history"--

Age 5-11.

ISBN: 9780716699293 071669929X

LCCN: 2017054101

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Blizzards--Juvenile literature.
Winter storms--Juvenile literature.
Storms--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: QC926.32 / .B65 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 363.34/925