Natural disasters books

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In text and photographs, Reinhart examines the 1988 Yellowstone fires and their aftermath: smoke-shrouded skies,...  Read More >>

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Heartbreaking and true, The Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 details human courage and perseverance in the face of...  Read More >>

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Pictorial images of the devastation of New England's coast after a devastating hurricane in 1938.  Read More >>

The Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard were among the initial responders to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane...  Read More >>

The authors of this important little book, Dr. Sharon Hanks and her sister, Jennifer Snyder, have compiled and arranged...  Read More >>

Centered on the astonishing spectacle of Americas deadliest avalanche, ""The White Cascade"" is the masterfully...  Read More >>

"Horne, editor of the ""New Orleans Times-Picayune,"" takes readers into the private worlds and inner thoughts of...  Read More >>

This comprehensive and informative guide offers suggestions for creating a complete emergency plan and preparing...  Read More >>

Explains how bushfire attacks houses, describes weather factors and safe burning-off procedures and lists home bushfire...  Read More >>

Giant earthquakes and tsunamis devastate western Oregon every 300 to 600 years. The last one hit in 1700, so we're...  Read More >>

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Veteran journalist Mathis has produced a compulsively readable account of one of the most terrible tornadoes in...  Read More >>

Beyond the news headlines, disasters have prompted the restructuring of the US government, namely the formation...  Read More >>

Explores the science of tornadoes, and how they impact the areas they strike.  Read More >>

Discusses forest fires, how they start, how firefighters put them out, and what we can do to prevent them.  Read More >>

Why does the ground shake during an earthquake? What machine draws wiggly lines to measure ground movement? How...  Read More >>

Where do most hurricanes start? How do people get ready when a hurricane is coming? When do most hurricanes happen?...  Read More >>

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A catalogue of personal effects of those killled in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 showing...  Read More >>

Beginning on Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913, torrential rains across the Midwest dropped a record three months of...  Read More >>

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Vesuvius to Hurricane Katrina, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters have caused...  Read More >>