Atlas of the World's Worst Natural Disa.

by Lesley Newson

Book Overview

Over the last 100 years, one million people have died as a direct result of earthquakes. Another million have been killed by hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones. Over nine million have drowned in floods. Tens of millions more have been claimed by drought and disease. Explore this phenomenal destructive power of nature in The Atlas of the World's Worst Natural Disasters, an investigation of why, despite all our impressive scientific advances,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751306061
• ISBN13: 9780751306064
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.