Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate

by Julia Sillett

Overview

The year 2017 saw the most active and costly hurricane season on record. Moving photographs help tell the human stories of Harvey, hitting Texas and Louisiana; Irma, the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded, pummeling Florida; and Maria, the worst natural disaster ever to hit Puerto Rico and Dominica. Detailed information tracks the paths of each storm, the clean-ups that followed, what remains to do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780778751755
Publisher:	Crabtree Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/25/2018
Series:	Disaster Alert!
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1120L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

Pounding Storms 4

A Recipe for Disaster 6

Hurricane Harvey 8

Wind and Rain 10

Rescue Missions 12

Escaping Danger 14

The Aftermath 16

Lessons from Harvey 18

Hurricane Irma 20

Irma in the Caribbean 22

Irma in Florida 24

After Irma 26

Hurricane Maria 28

Devastation Again 30

The Aftermath 32

A Terrible Toll 34

Hurricane Nate 36

Nate in the U.S. 38

Nate Makes Landfall 40

A Safe Future For All 42

Hurricane Prepping 44

Glossary 46

Learning More 47

Index 48