TY  - BOOK
TI  - Floods
T2  - World Book's library of natural disasters
SN  - 9780716699323
AV  - GB 1399 .F659 2018
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Chicago, IL
PB  - World Book, Inc.
KW  - Floods
KW  - Juvenile literature
N1  - Includes index; What is a flood? -- The science of water -- What causes floods? -- The Mumbai monsoon of 2005 -- Flood patterns -- The Mississippi-Missouri flood of 1993 -- Colorado flooding of 2013 -- Flash floods -- The Boscastle flash flood of 2004 -- Tides and storm surges -- The Galveston Island disaster of 1900 -- Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, 2005 -- Philippines storms and flooding of 2009 -- Tsunami flooding -- Dam floods -- The Johnstown flood of 1889 -- Changing the environment -- Flood control -- Tennessee Valley flood control -- Flood prediction and rescue -- The Tangiwai disaster of 1953 -- The Australian floods of 2010 and 2011 -- Louisiana flood of 2016
N2  - "A discussion of floods, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant flash floods and flooding events from history"--
ER  -