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Floods (Facts on File Dangerous Weather Series)
Michael Allaby
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Description for Floods (Facts on File Dangerous Weather Series)
Hardcover. There are floods throughout the world, many of them devastating and deadly. This text explores their occurrence, explaining storms and cloudbursts, thunder and lightning, and the monsoons. There are also sidebars containing concepts from atmospheric science, including glacioisostasy. Series: Dangerous Weather. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBKF; RBP; YQG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 581.
July 2002, floods in eastern and central Texas were so severe that many counties were declared disaster areas and eight people lost their lives. In August 2002, in central and eastern Europe, dozens of deaths and untold irreplaceable cultural and historic sites were destroyed by flooding. In Asia, during the summer of 2002, at least 1,800 people died. Though often tragic, there are floods throughout the world every year, many of them devastating and deadly. In Floods, Revised Edition, author Michael Allaby has substantially altered, expanded, and in some places rewritten the original text to reflect recent findings and new ... Read more
July 2002, floods in eastern and central Texas were so severe that many counties were declared disaster areas and eight people lost their lives. In August 2002, in central and eastern Europe, dozens of deaths and untold irreplaceable cultural and historic sites were destroyed by flooding. In Asia, during the summer of 2002, at least 1,800 people died. Though often tragic, there are floods throughout the world every year, many of them devastating and deadly. In Floods, Revised Edition, author Michael Allaby has substantially altered, expanded, and in some places rewritten the original text to reflect recent findings and new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Facts on File (J)
Condition
New
Series
Dangerous Weather
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780816047949
SKU
V9780816047949
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