| ISBN |
9780716699392 (hardback) |
| Name |
Green, Jen author. |
| Title |
Thunderstorms / writer, Jen Green ; 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 are thunderstorms? -- When and where do thunderstorms develop? -- What happens during a thunderstorm? -- The Fort Worth hailstorm -- What are lightning and thunder? -- Types of lightning -- Aircraft at risk -- Forest fires -- Downpours and flooding -- Flash flood in the rockies -- Hailstones -- Deadly hailstorms -- Brisbane, 2014 -- Tornadoes -- The super tornado outbreak -- Microbursts -- A hazard to aircraft -- Derechos -- United states derecho -- United States double derechos -- Safety in thunderstorms -- Windstorms -- The North Sea floods of 1953 -- The Great Gale of 1987. |
| Summary |
"A discussion of thunderstorms, derechos, hailstorms, and microbursts, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant thunderstorm events from history". |
| Target audience note |
Age 5-11. |
| Subjects |
Thunderstorms -- Juvenile literature |
| Natural disasters -- Juvenile literature |
| Other Names |
Chabluk, Stefan illustrator. |
| Series |
World Book's library of natural disasters |
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