Disasters category: 785 books
by Alison Hawes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Download is a series of books for older pupils with a low reading ability. This series of readers uses extreme sports, fast cars and popular culture as a theme to turn reluctant and less able teenagers back to reading. Nature's still the boss- and she isn't always pretty! Powerful winds and towering waves. Emergency teams in disaster zones. Feel the real power of nature!
Chicago Calamities
Disaster in the Windy City
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Fire and flood, train wreck and tornado—a look at the many disasters Chicago has endured over the years, with photos and illustrations.
The story of Chicago is often likened to that of a phoenix rising out of the ashes of the Great Fire. Yet that infamous event was only part of the destruction...
Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters
A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii, they had lots of questions. What causes tsunamis? Who studies earthquakes?...
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Rain
Real Tales of Temperamental Elements
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
We might think humans have control over our environment, but Mother Nature has proven us wrong again and again.
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Rain: Real Tales of Temperamental Elements tells the story of five of America’s deadliest natural disasters that were made worse by human error, ignorance,...
Plant Disturbance Ecology
The Process and the Response
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
The media coverage of natural disasters (hurricanes, fires, floods, ice storms, etc.) indicates the prevalence of natural disasters in most, if not all, ecosystems. In order for scientists to study, understand, and ultimately predict how these disturbances affect ecosystems, it is necessary for them...
Into the Fire
The Fight to Save Fort McMurray
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
The dramatic story of one of the biggest natural disasters in Canadian history, the Fort McMurray wildfire of 2016, told by three of the firefighters who fought to save the city.
On May 1, 2016, a wildfire burning to the southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, led to the declaration of a local...
The Natural Disaster Survival Handbook
151 Survival Tactics and Tips
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
How to survive a range of natural disasters, from extreme weather to earthquakes and tsunamis, to peril from outer space. Find all the lifesaving advice you need to combat all that Mother Nature can throw at you. The perfect size to fit in your home emergency kit (you do have a home emergency kit,...
In Time of Emergency
A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
In Time of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters provides individuals and families with information on what can and should be done to enhance survival in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Chapters cover: general guidance, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, winter...
The End
Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
What is the fate of the world as we know it?
Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, pandemics, cosmic radiation, gamma bursts from space, colliding comets, and asteroids—these things used to worry us from time to time, but now they have become the background noise of our culture. Are...
by Jane Ann Turzillo
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
In nearly a century of heavy rail travel in Ohio, a dozen train accidents stand out as the most horrific. In the bitter cold, just after Christmas 1876, eleven cars plunged seventy-five feet into the frigid water below. The stoves burst into flames, burning to death all who were not killed by the fall....
Acts of God
The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2006
As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a provocative...
Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities
Interdisciplinary Engagement Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
This volume presents a unique interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise in both the natural and social sciences. A primary goal is to present a scientific and socially integrated perspective on place-based community engagement, extreme weather, and health. Each year extreme weather is leading...
by Neil K. MacMillan
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
The city of Syracuse and Onondaga County have a long and storied history of natural and man-made calamity. Although often considered a moderate weather region, Mother Nature has not spared it from destruction. A tornado devastated picturesque Longbranch Park in 1912, and the rare Hurricane Hazel reached...
The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management
Why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high levels of investment in increasing government’s capacity to manage disasters, do the impacts of disasters...