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Author Oxlade, Chris, author.

Title Floods / wrIter: Chris Oxlade.

Publication Info. Chicago, IL : World Book, [2018]
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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J551 NAT (NATURAL DISASTERS)    Storage
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 551.489 OXLADE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J363.34 OXL    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J NATURE 363.34 WOR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J551.489 OX4F    Check Shelf
Edition Third edition.
Description 55 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm.
Series World Book's library of natural disasters
World Book's library of natural disasters.
Note At head of title: Library of natural disasters.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 55) and index.
Summary "A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Contents What is a flood? -- The science of water -- What causes floods? -- The Mumbai monsoon of 2005 -- Flood patterns -- The Mississippi-Missouri flood of 1993 -- Flash floods -- The Boscastle flash flood of 2004 -- Tides and storm surges -- The Galveston Island disaster of 1900 -- Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, 2005 -- Philippines storms and flooding of 2009 -- Tsunami flooding -- Dam floods -- The Johnstown flood of 1889 -- Changing the environment -- Flood control -- Tennessee Valley flood control -- Flood prediction and rescue -- The Tangiwai disaster of 1953 -- The Australian floods of 2010 and 2011 -- Louisiana flood of 2016.
Subject Floods -- Juvenile literature.
Natural disasters -- Juvenile literature.
Floods. (OCoLC)fst00927573
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author World Book, Inc.
ISBN 9780716699323 (hardcover)
071669932X (hardcover)
9780716699286 (set)
0716699281 (set)
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