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Keywords

airplane, boat, car, careers, clouds, destruction, disasters, history, hurricane, index, nonfiction, numbers, photograph, preparation, prevention, research, safety, science, sequence, storm, tornado, transportation, vocabulary, weather

Title

Hurricanes

Description

This informational text describes the Hurricane Hunter planes that are designed to fly in the roughest weather. In 1958, scientists tried to slow down a hurricane by dropping silver iodide crystals into the clouds, but the experiment did not work. The best thing to do with a hurricane is to get out of its way! Explains the destruction of Hurricane Andrew in Florida and Louisiana. Contrasts the death rate of a 1900 hurricane in Texas with the 1992 Andrew due to better warning systems in place.

Author

Murray, Peter

Publisher

The Childﾒs World

ISBN

1-56766-196-3

Year of Publication

1996

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by: Valerie A. Ubbes, 2007

Citation

Murray, Peter, “Hurricanes,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 24, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13709.