ISBN |
9780716699361 (hardback) |
Name |
Claybourne, Anna author. |
Title |
Ice storms / writer, Anna Claybourne, Barbara A. Mayes ; illustrator, Stefan Chabluk. |
Edition |
3rd edition. |
Published |
Chicago, IL : World Book, [2018] |
©2018 |
Description |
55 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
What is an ice storm? -- Frozen solid -- The North American ice storms of 2007 -- What causes ice storms? -- Freezing rain -- The "great blizzard" of 1951 -- The human cost -- Deadly cold -- The 1921 ice storm -- The El Niño effect -- The Southern United States ice storm of 1994 -- The great ice storm of 1998 -- Surviving an ice storm -- The Christmas 2000 ice storm -- Forecasting ice storms -- The Midwest ice storm of 2006 -- The Kentucky ice storm of 2009 -- The North American ice storm of 2013 -- The 2014 ice storms of the U.S. South. |
Summary |
"A discussion of ice storms, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant ice storms and other freezing events from history"-- |
Target audience note |
Ages 5-11. |
Subjects |
Ice storms -- Juvenile literature |
Natural disasters -- Juvenile literature |
Other Names |
Mayes, Barbara A. author. |
Chabluk, Stefan illustrator. |
Series |
World Book's library of natural disasters |
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