Investigating Hurricanes

By Elizabeth Elkins and Marcia Lusted

Dangerous winds. Torrential rains. Toppled trees. The roaring winds and sheets of rain brought on by a hurricane can cause a devastating amount of damage in a short time. Get an up-close look at how these swirling storms form and learn about some of history’s worst hurricanes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496656766

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Investigating Natural Disasters: Investigating Hurricanes by Elizabeth Elkins

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

TITLE PAGE

LOST AT SEA

RECIPE FOR A HURRICANE

DANGER ZONES

THE AFTERMATH

THE WORLD’S WORST HURRICANES

PLANNING FOR DISASTER

STAYING SAFE

GLOSSARY

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CRITICAL THINKING USING THE COMMON CORE

INDEX

COPYRIGHT

BACK COVER

LOST AT SEA

Wind gusts shook the aircraft. Thirty-foot (9-meter) waves and sea spray made it hard to see anything. But the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Hunters airplane kept flying. The plane dipped closer to the ocean’s surface than normal. It was October 2, 2015, and Hurricane Joaquin was pounding the Bahamas. And the SS El Faro, a United States cargo ship, was missing in the storm.

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Hurricane Joaquin brought huge amounts of rainfall and caused extensive damage along the U.S. east coast.

HURRICANE CATEGORIES

Scientists have a system for ranking the strength of hurricanes. They are classified according to their wind speed. A Category 1 storm has the lightest winds