Hurricanes

Hurricanes — page 1
Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Christine Vanderbeek Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by 123RF Odessa4 Alamy Neil Cooper Corbis RF Mike Hill J Marshall-Tribaleye Images Photoshot Holdings Ltd Corbis Alejandro Ernesto Jim Reed Photography John Lund Eric Nguyen Reuters Dreamstime Greg Blomberg Christy Thompson Getty Images Don Emmert AFP David A Harvey National Geographic Jacqueline Hunkele Johner Nicholas Kamm AFP Paul J Richards AFP Orlando Sierra AFP Erik Simonsen iStockphoto Lisa Barreca Mike Bentley Donald Johansson Seraficus vm Hande Guleryuz Yuce Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition Bodden Valerie Hurricanes by Valerie Bodden Summary A simple exploration of hurricanes examining how these massive sea storms develop how scientists watch for them and measure their strength and the damage hurricanes can cause Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-60818-147-6 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-100-9 eBook 1 Hurricanes Juvenile literature I Title QC944 2 B63 2012 551 55’2 dc22 2010052762 CPSIA 030111 PO1449 First edition 246897531