Download or read book The World s Worst Tsunamis written by Tracy Maureen Nelson Maurer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water rushes out to sea out of nowhere. Suddenly, huge waves come crashing inland. It's a tsunami!
Download or read book World s Worst Tsunamis written by Janey Levy and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the nature of tsunamis, where they occur, what causes them, how they do damage, famous tsunamis, and ways to keep safe from them.
Download or read book The World s Worst Tsunamis written by Tracy Maureen Nelson Maurer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water rushes out to sea out of nowhere. Suddenly, huge waves come crashing inland. It's a tsunami!
Download or read book The World s Worst Tsunamis written by Tracy Nelson Maurer and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water rushes out to sea out of nowhere. Suddenly, huge waves come crashing inland. It's a tsunami!
Download or read book The Raging Sea written by Dennis M. Powers and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses historical research and personal accounts of survivors to tell the story of the tsunamis that hit Crescent City, California on Good Friday, 1964, which damaged hundreds of homes and businesses and killed eleven people. Includes some information about Alaska.
Download or read book World s Worst Tsunami Disasters for Kids An Encyclopedia of World s Worst Disasters for Kids Book 1 written by Jim Sapiro and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its creation, the Earth's surface has experienced countless tremors. These earthquakes devastated entire cities and civilizations. The first human beings did not know what caused the trembling; they could only rely on spirituality and superstitious beliefs. People began to study the catastrophe, its aftermath, and how to prevent it as time goes by. The very first recorded earthquake was in China back in 1177 BC. Over the years, scientists invented and developed instruments intended for earthquakes. However, there is still no available technology to accurately predict when and where the disaster would occur. Today, tens of thousands of earthquakes grace the Earth every year. Some of these are unnoticeable, while others were felt by many. There are, however, earthquakes so powerful and strong they destroyed entire cities, leaving hundreds of thousands of casualties and damages. These natural disasters reshaped history with the gravity of destruction in their wake. The series features facts about natural disasters that may happen at any time. Everyone should have an idea what to do before, during, and after a disaster. With the help of this series, young readers will gain knowledge on the World's Worst disasters, its aftermath, and tips on how to prepare yourself for one. Features include ● Perfect for readers 7-12 years old ● Well-informed books fit for the family ● Easy to read stories any young reader can enjoy ● Teaches kids disaster awareness and preparedness In any situation, it is best to come prepared. Preparation can save many lives as well as resources. Being knowledgeable about disasters can guarantee one's survival.
Download or read book The Worst Tsunamis of All Time written by Terri Dougherty and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2012 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the worst tsunamis in history, as well as causes, types, and disaster tips"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Raging Sea written by Dennis Powers and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Good Friday, 1964, the residents of Crescent City in Northern California were preparing for the Easter weekend. Little did they know, but the worst earthquake in U.S. history was ripping Alaska apart. The 9.2 magnitude quake caused a tsunami that sped across the Pacific faster than a jet liner. The huge waves surged into U.S. coastal towns and aimed straight at the heart of the town, creating death, destruction, victims, and heroes alike in short time. Nature was on a rampage.
Download or read book The World s Worst Wildfires written by Tracy Maureen Nelson Maurer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind blows dry, tall grass. A storm brews. Lightning strikes the ground, and soon, flames spread across the grassland. It's a wildfire!
Download or read book Ghosts of the Tsunami written by Richard Lloyd Parry and published by MCD. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, Amazon, and Lit Hub The definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan—by the Japan correspondent of The Times (London) and author of People Who Eat Darkness On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of northeast Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than eighteen thousand people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to express itself in bizarre and mysterious ways. Richard Lloyd Parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in Tokyo and spent six years reporting from the disaster zone. There he encountered stories of ghosts and hauntings, and met a priest who exorcised the spirits of the dead. And he found himself drawn back again and again to a village that had suffered the greatest loss of all, a community tormented by unbearable mysteries of its own. What really happened to the local children as they waited in the schoolyard in the moments before the tsunami? Why did their teachers not evacuate them to safety? And why was the unbearable truth being so stubbornly covered up? Ghosts of the Tsunami is a soon-to-be classic intimate account of an epic tragedy, told through the accounts of those who lived through it. It tells the story of how a nation faced a catastrophe, and the struggle to find consolation in the ruins.
Download or read book Devastation written by Lesley Newson and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-follow explanations help you understand the underlying causes of all types of disasters.
Download or read book Tsunamis written by Jenna Vale and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wall of water that can be more than 100 feet (30.5 m) tall may sound unimaginable, but tsunamis are among the strongest and most destructive of Earth's natural events, making them critical for young learners to understand. This book offers key facts about how tsunamis form, where they form, and what some of the deadliest past tsunamis have taught people about preparing for these natural disasters. This volume also includes colorful images, compelling sidebars, and text that is carefully written to be accessible to young readers.
Download or read book The Indian Ocean Tsunami written by Tad S. Murty and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006-12-14 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 is considered to have been one of the worst natural disasters in history, affecting twelve countries, from Indonesia to Somalia. 175,000 people are believed to have lost their lives, almost 50,000 were registered as missing and 1.7 million people were displaced. As well as this horrendous toll on human life
Download or read book Tsunami written by James Goff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year that passes without a tsunami means that we're just that much closer to our next one. What can we do to ensure we're prepared when the next catastrophic tsunami strikes? The ferocious waves of a tsunami can travel across oceans at the speed of a jet airplane. They can kill families, destroy entire cultures, and even gut nations. To understand these beasts in our waters well enough to survive them, we must understand how they're created and learn from the past. In this book, tsunami specialists James Goff and Walter Dudley arm readers with everything they need to survive a tsunami and maybe even avoid the next one. The book takes readers on a historical journey through some of the most devastating tsunamis in human history, some of the quirky ones, and even some that may not even be what most of us think of as tsunamis. Diving into personal and scientific stories of disasters, Tsunami pulls readers into the many ways these waves can be generated, ranging from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to explosions, landslides, and beyond. The book provides overviews of some of the great historical events - the 1755 Lisbon, 1946 Aleutian, 1960 Chile, and 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis, but also some of the less well-known as well such as the 1958 Lituya Bay, 563 CE Lake Geneva, a 6,000 year old Papua New Guinean mystery, and even a 2.5 Million year old asteroid. This is not straight science, though. Each event is brought to life in a variety of ways through stories of survival, human folly, and echoes of past disasters etched in oral traditions and the environment. The book combines research from oceanography, biogeography, geology, history, archaeology and more, with data collected from over 400 survivor interviews. Alongside carefully selected images and the scientific measurements of these tsunamis, the book offers tales of survival, heroism, and tragic loss. Through a balanced combination of personal experience, the Earth's changing environment, tales of tragedy, and a recount of oral traditions, Tsunami allows readers to engage with a new scientific approach to these overwhelming waves. The resulting book unveils the science of disaster like never before.
Download or read book World s Worst Earthquakes written by Janey Levy and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how earthquakes occur and spread, and includes details on the worst earthquakes in history.
Download or read book Tsunami written by Geoff Tibballs and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cataclysmic Boxing Day 2004 tsunami was a worldwide disaster, the impact of which will be felt for decades to come. No catastrophe in modern times has affected so many people. Over 150,000 people have died.
Download or read book Against the Odds Surviving the World s Worst Tsunami and Overcoming Trauma written by John Maddocks and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
