TY - BOOK TI - Heat waves T2 - World Book's library of natural disasters SN - 9780716699347 AV - QC 981.8.A5 .H351 2018 PY - 2018///] CY - Chicago, IL PB - World Book, Inc. KW - Heat waves (Meteorology) KW - Juvenile literature KW - Natural disasters N1 - Includes index; What is a heat wave?- -- Danger to health -- What causes a heat wave? -- Europe, 2003 -- Studying heat waves -- Heat islands -- Chicago, 1995 -- Heat wave of 1936 -- Australia, 1923-1924 -- Climate change -- Droughts and fires -- United States, 1980's -- Russia, 2010 -- Australia, 2012-2014 -- South Asian heat waves of 2015 -- Caring for animals -- Heat wave warnings -- Weathering a heat wave N2 - "A discussion of heat waves, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant heat waves from history"-- ER -