Hurricane Katrina : disaster alert! / Ellen Rodger.

By:

Rodger, Ellen

Material type: Text

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.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

976/.044 22

LOC classification:

QC945 .R63 2006

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes index.

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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