The Worst Floods Of All Time
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Author | : Terri Dougherty |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2012-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1429684151 |
"Describes the worst floods in history, as well as causes, types, and disaster tips"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Laura Perdew |
Publisher | : All-Time Worst Disasters |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781632355362 |
Disasters are fascinating, awe-inspiring, and scary, all at the same time. Lean the facts about many of the worst disasters in human history. Then get some tips on how to prepare for disasters and stay safe.
Author | : Laura Perdew |
Publisher | : All-Time Worst Disasters |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781632355355 |
Disasters are fascinating, awe-inspiring, and scary, all at the same time. Lean the facts about many of the worst disasters in human history. Then get some tips on how to prepare for disasters and stay safe.
Author | : John R. Baker |
Publisher | : Capstone Classroom |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2016-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1515717917 |
"Describes history's biggest and most destructive floods from around the world"--
Author | : Louise Spilsbury |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1499430760 |
Typhoons, monsoons, cyclones, and bursting dams – readers will be transfixed by the floods these monster storms create. Photographs capture these breathtaking phenomena and their devastating effects on human society. This exploration of the ten worst floods humanity has endured will be a key feature in STEM, history, and geography curricula. Readers will delve into scientific explanations for these disasters, gain experience with maps, and ponder critical thinking questions that assess their understanding of this fascinating topic.
Author | : Jenna Vale |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-07-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781482466676 |
Flooding is one of the most common natural disasters in the United States, and it has happened in nearly every country worldwide. Climate change is causing flooding to become more intense and frequent. This book describes key ideas related to floods including what causes them, where the worst floods happen, and why floods can be deadly. This book also features striking images, engaging sidebars, a graphic organizer, and text carefully crafted to be accessible to young readers. Facts about history's deadliest floods also help young readers understand what these events have taught people about the best ways to stay safe and prevent floods in the future.
Author | : Janey Levy |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2008-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1435849515 |
Floods can destroy everything in their path. Readers will learn more about this very common and horrible force of nature, including some of the worst floods in history.
Author | : Utpal Sandesara |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2011-05-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1616144327 |
On August 11, 1979, after a week of extraordinary monsoon rains in the Indian state of Gujarat, the two mile-long Machhu Dam-II disintegrated. The waters released from the dam’s massive reservoir rushed through the heavily populated downstream area, devastating the industrial city of Morbi and its surrounding agricultural villages. As the torrent’s thirty-foot-tall leading edge cut its way through the Machhu River valley, massive bridges gave way, factories crumbled, and thousands of houses collapsed. While no firm figure has ever been set on the disaster’s final death count, estimates in the flood’s wake ran as high as 25,000. Despite the enormous scale of the devastation, few people today have ever heard of this terrible event. This book tells, for the first time, the suspenseful and multifaceted story of the Machhu dam disaster. Based on over 130 interviews and extensive archival research, the authors recount the disaster and its aftermath in vivid firsthand detail. The book presents important findings culled from formerly classified government documents that reveal the long-hidden failures that culminated in one of the deadliest floods in history. The authors follow characters whose lives were interrupted and forever altered by the flood; provide vivid first-hand descriptions of the disaster and its aftermath; and shed light on the never-completed judicial investigation into the dam’s collapse.
Author | : John Obert Voll |
Publisher | : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Geoff Williams |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1639361383 |
The incredible story of a flood of near-biblical proportions -- its destruction, its heroes and victims, and how it shaped America's natural-disaster policies for the next century. The storm began March 23, 1913, with a series of tornadoes that killed 150 people and injured 400. Then the freezing rains started and the flooding began. It continued for days. Some people drowned in their attics, others on the roads when they tried to flee. It was the nation's most widespread flood ever—more than 700 people died, hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed, and millions were left homeless. The destruction extended far beyond the Ohio valley to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and Vermont. Fourteen states in all, and every major and minor river east of the Mississippi. In the aftermath, flaws in America's natural disaster response system were exposed, echoing today's outrage over Katrina. People demanded change. Laws were passed, and dams were built. Teams of experts vowed to develop flood control techniques for the region and stop flooding for good. So far those efforts have succeeded. It is estimated that in the Miami Valley alone, nearly 2,000 floods have been prevented, and the same methods have been used as a model for flood control nationwide and around the world.