The awesome display of power that is unleashed by many of the world's natural disasters has aroused both terror and curiosity for centuries. This series of books looks at the history of natural disasters and their effects on mankind and the environment. HURRICANES, typhoons and cyclones are all names given to massive tropical storms. Their terrible power has brought death and destruction to many areas of the world. This book examines their causes and effects.

 

This book is part of a book series called Natural Disasters .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

J Dineen is an experienced author and has written many books for Watts including some of the titles from the popular First Starts series.