Thunderstorms.
Material type: TextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublisher: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., [2018]Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780716699392
- 9780716699286 (set)
- QC 968.2 .T424 2018
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reference | DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Reference | Reference | QC 968.2 .T424 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 3SHS2019000881 |
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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