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Hurricanes, typhoons, & other tropical cyclones.

Material type: TextTextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublisher: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., [2018]Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780716699354
  • 9780716699286 (set)
Other title:
  • Hurricanes, typhoons, and other tropical cyclones
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC 944.2  .H942 2018
Contents:
Wind and cyclones -- Changing history -- Building up to a hurricane -- Hurricane Mitch -- The great hurricane of 1780 -- The eye of the storm -- Storm surges -- Galveston's great storm -- Hurricane Katrina -- Hurricane Wilma -- 2017 Atlantic hurricane season -- Hurricane Sandy -- Studying hurricanes -- Okeechobee and Long Island -- Big winds of the Pacific -- Japan and the Philippines -- Typhoon Cobra -- Storms off the Indian Ocean -- Bangladesh -- The destruction of Darwin -- Typhoon Haiyan -- Surviving a hurricane.
Summary: "A discussion of hurricanes, typhoons, and other tropical cyclones, describing their characteristics, formation, and human and environmental impacts. Features descriptions of significant tropical cyclones from history"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Reference Reference QC 944.2 .H942 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 3SHS2019000880

Includes index.

Wind and cyclones -- Changing history -- Building up to a hurricane -- Hurricane Mitch -- The great hurricane of 1780 -- The eye of the storm -- Storm surges -- Galveston's great storm -- Hurricane Katrina -- Hurricane Wilma -- 2017 Atlantic hurricane season -- Hurricane Sandy -- Studying hurricanes -- Okeechobee and Long Island -- Big winds of the Pacific -- Japan and the Philippines -- Typhoon Cobra -- Storms off the Indian Ocean -- Bangladesh -- The destruction of Darwin -- Typhoon Haiyan -- Surviving a hurricane.

"A discussion of hurricanes, typhoons, and other tropical cyclones, describing their characteristics, formation, and human and environmental impacts. Features descriptions of significant tropical cyclones from history"-- Provided by publisher.

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