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Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones / David Longshore

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Facts on File, c2008.Edition: New EditionDescription: xi, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780816074099
Subject(s): 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.
Item type: Books - Reference
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Books - Reference Books - Reference National University - Manila LRC - Architecture Reference Environmental Planning REF QC 944 .L66 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000020591

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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