Tornadoes : and other dramatic weather systems / by Michael Allaby ; consultant Philip Eden.

By:

Allaby, Michael

Contributor(s):

Eden, Philip

Material type: Text

TextSeries: DK mega bitesPublication details: London : Dorling Kindersley, 2001.Description: 96 p. : col. ill. , col. maps. ; 20 cmISBN:

0751330795

Other title:

Tornadoes

Subject(s):

Tornadoes -- Juvenile literature

DDC classification:

21
551.553

Contents:

Subject: This book has been designed to answer questiosn about the weather, starting with the most basic question of all. What exactly is weather? It then takes the reader through the different kinds of weather, and how they come about.

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Includes glossary and index.

Introduction -- What is weather? -- Calm skies, angry skies -- Tornadoes -- Waterspouts and dust devils -- Hurricanes -- Below freezing -- Too much rain -- Deadly drought -- Special effects -- Polluting the air -- Weather watchers -- Reference section -- Index -- Credits.

This book has been designed to answer questiosn about the weather, starting with the most basic question of all. What exactly is weather? It then takes the reader through the different kinds of weather, and how they come about.

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