Hurricane Katrina : disaster alert! / Ellen Rodger.
Material type: TextSeries: Disaster alert!Publication details: New York : Crabtree Publishing, c2007.Description: 32 p. : col. ill., map ; 28 cmISBN:- 0778715868 (rlb)
- 077871618X (pbk.)
- 9780778715863 (rlb)
- 9780778716181 (pbk.)
- 976/.044 22
- QC945 .R63 2006
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Schools Collection | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | S976.044 ROD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900189095 |
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Includes index.
Introduction -- Hurricane science -- Life of a storm/Life of Katrina -- Path of destruction/Landfall -- Levee breach -- The human toll -- Search and rescue -- State of emergency -- Lending a hand -- Reconstruction -- Lessons learned -- Activity/Observation page.
Examines the causes of this massive hurricane, its devastating floods, and the relief efforts to help those affected by the disaster.
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