North Star EDITIONS WWW NORTHSTAREDITIONS COM Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions Lake Elmo MN 55042 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Produced for North Star Editions by Red Line Editorial Photographs Mike Groll AP Images cover 1 7 NOAA 4 5 17 19 23 Chieh Cheng iStockphoto 8 9 Kevork Djansezian AP Images 13 Universal History Archive UIG Getty Images 14 15 Chris Sattlberger Science Source 20 21 Red Line Editorial 25 Pat Carter AP Images 26 27 Content Consultant Jim Lawrence Adjunct Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Houston ISBN 978 1 63517 003 0 hardcover 978 1 63517 059 7 paperback 978 1 63517 165 5 ebook pdf 978 1 63517 115 0 hosted ebook Library of Congress Control Number 2016949764 Printed in the United States of America Mankato MN November 2016 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Samantha Bell lives with her family and lots of pets in the foothills of South Carolina She loves writing about nature and she is the author or illustrator of more than 60 books for children
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Hurricane Sandy 5 CHAPTER 2 What Is a Hurricane 9 CHAPTER 3 Into the Storm 15 CHAPTER 4 Going Higher Tech 21 A CLOSER LOOK Dropsonde 24 CHAPTER 5 Ready for the Next Storm 27 Hurricane Safety Checklist 29 Focus on Detecting Hurricanes 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 HURRICANE SANDY On On the morning of October 29 2012 the National Hurricane Center gave the official report The winds from Hurricane Sandy were approaching the coastlines of New Jersey Delaware and Virginia People in the path of the deadly storm headed for shelter as the wind and rain began beating down Hurricane Sandy headed for the US coastline in late October 2012
