| Description |
55 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
World Book's library of natural disasters.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Audience |
Age 5-11. |
| Note |
Age 5-11. |
| Audience |
1080L Lexile |
| Note |
1080L Lexile |
| Subject |
Thunderstorms -- Juvenile literature.
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Thunderstorms. |
| Genre |
Juvenile works.
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| ISBN |
9780716699392 (hardcover) |
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0716699397 (hardcover) |
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