TY - BOOK TI - Tsunamis & seiches. SN - 9780716699415 AV - GC221.5 .T79 2018 U1 - 363.34/94 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Chicago, IL : PB - World Book, Inc., KW - Tsunamis KW - Juvenile literature KW - Seiches N1 - Includes index; What is a tsunami? -- What causes tsunamis? -- The Chilean tsunami of 1960 -- What makes up a tsunami? -- Killer Krakatau -- Destroying lives -- The tsunami of 2004 -- Fukushima tsunami of 2011 -- Tsunamis and the environment -- The Lituya Bay megatsunami -- Tsunamis in the Atlantic -- The Lisbon tsunami -- Tsunamis and asteroids -- Tsunami warning systems -- Warning systems in action : the tsunami at Okushiri -- The Chilean tsunami of 2010 -- Tsunami preparation and survival -- What is a seiche? -- Buffalo's "great flood" -- The Chicago seiche; Age 5-11 N2 - "A discussion of tsunamis and seiches, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant tsunamis and seiches from history"-- ER -