Floods: The Science Behind Raging Waters and Mudslides

by Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn, Alvin Silverstein

What makes a rainstorm turn into a raging flood or a destructive mudslide? Readers learn what causes severe weather storms and the resulting floods and learn how we can prepare ourselves to be safe. This book explores the causes behind these disasters and how scientists study them.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766029743
• ISBN13: 9780766029743
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9