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    Investigating Hurricanes
    Investigating Hurricanes
    Investigating Hurricanes
    Ebook37 pages13 minutes

    Investigating Hurricanes

    By Elizabeth Elkins and Marcia Lusted

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMay 1, 2019
    ISBN9781496656766
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    Elizabeth Elkins

    Elizabeth Elkins is a professional songwriter and author. She has written numerous songs recorded by country, pop, and rock artists. She holds degrees from Emory University and the University of Georgia, and is President of Historic Nashville, Inc. and a co-author of Hidden History of Music Row. When she's not on stage with her bands Granville Automatic or The Swear, she likes to hang out with horses.

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      Book preview

      Investigating Hurricanes - Elizabeth Elkins

      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

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