Natural disasters / Lee Davis.

By:

Davis, Lee (Lee Allyn)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Facts On File, c2008.Edition: New edDescription: xvi, 464 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9780816070008

Subject(s):

Natural disasters

DDC classification:

904/.5 22

LOC classification:

GB5014 .D38 2008

Contents:

Avalanches and landslides -- Earthquakes -- Famines and droughts -- Floods -- Plagues and epidemics -- Cyclones -- Hurricanes -- Icestorms and snowstorms -- Tornadoes -- Storms -- Typhoons -- Volcanic eruptions and natural explosions.

Summary: Discusses more than five hundred natural calamities that have devastated humanity and changed history, including hurricanes, earthquakes, famines and droughts, floods, plagues and epidemics, and volcanic eruptions. Simultaneous.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-432) and index.

Discusses more than five hundred natural calamities that have devastated humanity and changed history, including hurricanes, earthquakes, famines and droughts, floods, plagues and epidemics, and volcanic eruptions. Simultaneous.

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