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Thunderstorms. / World Books.

Material type: TextTextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublication details: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., 2018.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 56 pages; colour illustrations; 27.5 cmISBN:
  • 9780716699392
  • 0716699397
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34/924 23
LOC classification:
  • QC968.2 .T58 2018
Contents:
What are thunderstorms? -- When and where do thunderstorms develop? -- What happens during a thunderstorm? -- The Fort Worth hailstorm -- What are lightning and thunder? -- Types of lightning -- Aircraft at risk -- Forest fires -- Downpours and flooding -- Flash flood in the rockies -- Hailstones -- Deadly hailstorms -- Brisbane, 2014 -- Tornadoes -- The super tornado outbreak -- Microbursts -- A hazard to aircraft -- Derechos -- United states derecho -- United States double derechos -- Safety in thunderstorms -- Windstorms -- The North Sea floods of 1953 -- The Great Gale of 1987.
Summary: "A discussion of thunderstorms, derechos, hailstorms, and microbursts, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant thunderstorm events from history"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Waimate Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 363.34924 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00744427

Includes index.

What are thunderstorms? -- When and where do thunderstorms develop? -- What happens during a thunderstorm? -- The Fort Worth hailstorm -- What are lightning and thunder? -- Types of lightning -- Aircraft at risk -- Forest fires -- Downpours and flooding -- Flash flood in the rockies -- Hailstones -- Deadly hailstorms -- Brisbane, 2014 -- Tornadoes -- The super tornado outbreak -- Microbursts -- A hazard to aircraft -- Derechos -- United states derecho -- United States double derechos -- Safety in thunderstorms -- Windstorms -- The North Sea floods of 1953 -- The Great Gale of 1987.

"A discussion of thunderstorms, derechos, hailstorms, and microbursts, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant thunderstorm events from history"--

Age 5-11.

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