Extreme weather
Title:
Extreme weather
Author:
Squire, Ann, author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015.
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Summary:
Discusses various extreme severe weather from all around the world.
Language:
English
Contents:
Out of a thunderstorm what makes a tornado so deadly? -- Windy and wet, how is a storm surge created? -- The big truth! Hurricane Katrina -- Why did hurricane Katrina become stronger after it left Florida? -- Heat waves, droughts, and wildfires, what major disaster did drought cause during the 1930s? -- Wintry weather, what is windchill? -- Extreme weather and global warming, why does global warming cause an increase in tornadoes and thunderstorms? -- True statistics.
Reading Level:
9-12.
Grade 4 to 6.
890 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 0.5 168707.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.7 3 Quiz: 64483.
ISBN:
9780531207437
9780531215548
Format :
Book
