Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms
- ISBN-10
- 0590474065
- ISBN-13
- 9780590474061
- Series
- Hurricanes
- Category
- Hurricanes
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Author
- Patricia Lauber
Description
Tells how hurricanes form, how scientists study them, and how they have affected the United States throughout this century.
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