Extreme natural disasters/
Gibson, Christine
Extreme natural disasters/ Christine Gibson - 1st ed. - New York: Collins, 2007. - v, 217 p. ill., 24 cm.
PARTI: ATMOSPHERE
OF DESTRUCTION
%
CHAPTER 1
HURRICANES
From Disturbance to Storm
Katrina; Monster Storm
Hurricane Wilma: The World's
Most Intense Storm Floyd: Far-Flung Destruction Mitc^: Mountain Mover
When a Hurricane Hit Galveston Other Major Storms
CHAPTER 2
TORNADOES
Bangladesh: Worst in History
The Tri-State Tornado Moore, Oklahoma: Three Times
the Devastation Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
of 1965 La Plata, Maryland, 2002
CHAPTER 3
ICE STORMS, SNOWSTORMS,
AND AVALANCHES
The Ice Storm of 1998
The Blizzard of 1993 Hailstorms: Germany, 1984, and China, 2002 Avalanches: Peru and Washington State
CHAPTER 4 J
FLOODS AND
THEIR CONSEQUENCES Bangladesh, August 1998 and July 1999 The Mighty Mississippi Yangtze River, China, 1931 ,
The Johnstown Flood of 1889 Guatemalan Mudslide
El Nino
CHAPTER 5
DROUGHT AND
HEAT WAVES
The Dust Bowl Black Wind in Inner Mongolia
Africa: Endemic Drought Drought around the World Droughts Related to El Nino
California Wildfires Receding Glaciers
PART 2: DYNAMIC
(.4.
GEOLOGY
CHAPTER 6
EARTHQUAKES
Pakistan, 2005 it Izmit, Turkey, 1999 lyiexico, September 19,1985 San Francisco, 1906 Intraplate Quakes: Shaanxi and Newl^adrid
CHAPTER 7
VOLCANOES
Mount Tambora, Indonesia Mount Pelee, Martinique Soufriere Hills, Montserrat
Mount St. Helens Mount Pinatubo, Philippines Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
CHAPTER 8
TSUNAMIS
Sumatra, 2004 Hilo, Hawaii, 1946 Chile, 1960 Japan Faces the Waves
Glossary
Find Out More
At the Smithsonian
Index Acknowledgments and
Credits
Natural disasters.
363.34 / GIB/E
Extreme natural disasters/ Christine Gibson - 1st ed. - New York: Collins, 2007. - v, 217 p. ill., 24 cm.
PARTI: ATMOSPHERE
OF DESTRUCTION
%
CHAPTER 1
HURRICANES
From Disturbance to Storm
Katrina; Monster Storm
Hurricane Wilma: The World's
Most Intense Storm Floyd: Far-Flung Destruction Mitc^: Mountain Mover
When a Hurricane Hit Galveston Other Major Storms
CHAPTER 2
TORNADOES
Bangladesh: Worst in History
The Tri-State Tornado Moore, Oklahoma: Three Times
the Devastation Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
of 1965 La Plata, Maryland, 2002
CHAPTER 3
ICE STORMS, SNOWSTORMS,
AND AVALANCHES
The Ice Storm of 1998
The Blizzard of 1993 Hailstorms: Germany, 1984, and China, 2002 Avalanches: Peru and Washington State
CHAPTER 4 J
FLOODS AND
THEIR CONSEQUENCES Bangladesh, August 1998 and July 1999 The Mighty Mississippi Yangtze River, China, 1931 ,
The Johnstown Flood of 1889 Guatemalan Mudslide
El Nino
CHAPTER 5
DROUGHT AND
HEAT WAVES
The Dust Bowl Black Wind in Inner Mongolia
Africa: Endemic Drought Drought around the World Droughts Related to El Nino
California Wildfires Receding Glaciers
PART 2: DYNAMIC
(.4.
GEOLOGY
CHAPTER 6
EARTHQUAKES
Pakistan, 2005 it Izmit, Turkey, 1999 lyiexico, September 19,1985 San Francisco, 1906 Intraplate Quakes: Shaanxi and Newl^adrid
CHAPTER 7
VOLCANOES
Mount Tambora, Indonesia Mount Pelee, Martinique Soufriere Hills, Montserrat
Mount St. Helens Mount Pinatubo, Philippines Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia
CHAPTER 8
TSUNAMIS
Sumatra, 2004 Hilo, Hawaii, 1946 Chile, 1960 Japan Faces the Waves
Glossary
Find Out More
At the Smithsonian
Index Acknowledgments and
Credits
Natural disasters.
363.34 / GIB/E