Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones / David Longshore

By:

Longshore, David [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Facts on File, c2008.Edition: New EditionDescription: xi, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmISBN:

9780816074099

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LOC classification:

QC 944 .L66 2008

Contents:

Introduction -- A to Z entries -- Appendix A. Hurricane safety procedures -- Appendix B.A chronology of hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, and tropical storms -- Appendix C. Tracking a tropical cyclone -- Appendix D. List of named hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, and tropical storms.

Summary: Features significant updates and information on recent weather phenomena and the devastation and loss that resulted. Hurricanes Andrew, Dean, Felix, Gilbert, and Wilma are covered in detail, as well as the most destructive and deadly tropical cyclone witnessed in the United States in the last 50 years, Hurricane Katrina.

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Books - Reference

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books - Reference	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture Reference	Environmental Planning	REF QC 944 .L66 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000020591

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Includes index.

Introduction --
A to Z entries --
Appendix A. Hurricane safety procedures --
Appendix B.A chronology of hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, and tropical storms --
Appendix C. Tracking a tropical cyclone --
Appendix D. List of named hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, and tropical storms.

Features significant updates and information on recent weather phenomena and the devastation and loss that resulted. Hurricanes Andrew, Dean, Felix, Gilbert, and Wilma are covered in detail, as well as the most destructive and deadly tropical cyclone witnessed in the United States in the last 50 years, Hurricane Katrina.

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