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100 1 Oxlade, Chris,|eauthor.
245 10 Floods /|cwrIter: Chris Oxlade.
250 Third edition.
264 1 Chicago, IL :|bWorld Book,|c[2018]
264 4 |c©2018
300 55 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;
|c28 cm.
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
490 1 World Book's library of natural disasters
500 At head of title: Library of natural disasters.
504 Includes bibliographical references (page 55) and index.
505 0 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.
520 "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.
650 0 Floods|vJuvenile literature.
650 0 Natural disasters|vJuvenile literature.
650 7 Floods.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00927573
655 7 Juvenile works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411637
710 2 World Book, Inc.
830 0 World Book's library of natural disasters.
994 C0|bCKE
