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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Global warming triggers a new Ice Age. Tornadoes flatten the city of Los Angeles and a tidal wave engulfs New York City. Almost immediately the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall must rescue his son, Sam, who is stranded in New York City with a very small band of survivors who must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive.
46) A mama for Owen
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When a tsunami separates a young hippopotamus from his mother, he bonds with a giant tortoise. Based on a true story.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"On All Saints Day of 1755, the tremors from a magnitude 8.5 earthquake swept furiously from its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean toward the Iberian Peninsula. Nowhere was it felt more than in Lisbon, then the thriving capital of a great global empire. In a few minutes most of Lisbon was destroyed--but that was only the beginning. A tsunami swept away most of the ruined coast along the Tagus River and carried untold souls out to sea. When fire broke...
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It helps children explore the terms hurricane, tornado, tsunamis, and greenhouse effect. Divided into segments, this program is designed to reinforce and support a viewer's comprehension and retention of these terms through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and labels. Kids will see and hear the terms used in a variety of contexts providing them with a model for how to appropriately use the words.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"It was March 11, 2011 when a massive earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami, which, in turn, destroyed the core three reactors of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. This tragedy cost almost 20,000 lives and devastated countless more, including Naoto Matsumura, a farmer evacuated from the deadly radiation zone. Unwilling to abandon his beloved animals, Naoto chooses to return home to his farm -- and to fight for the beauty of life. This...
50) Raging sea
Author
Series
Undertow trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Lyric Walker was there when the Alpha arrived. Like many, she wondered if they were invaders, never suspecting that they were on the run from a greater terror. When the real threat arrived, it came with a tidal wave that destroyed Coney Island. Everything and everyone Lyric ever cared for, including the Alpha prince Fathom, was either killed or lost forever. It changed the world. Now the military fights a war it cannot win against an enemy that will...
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