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- The world's deadliest man-made disasters / by Henry, Claire,1975-(CARDINAL)608588;
950L- Subjects: Natural disasters;
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- Disasters : natural and man-made catastrophes through the centuries / by Guiberson, Brenda Z.(CARDINAL)781628;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index.Smallpox: the parasitic horror -- Great Chicago fire: October 8, 1871 -- Johnstown flood: May 31, 1889 -- San Francisco shaking: April 18, 1906 -- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: March 25, 1911 -- Titanic: April 15, 1912 -- Blue skin and bloody sputum: pandemic flu of 1918 -- No water, no jobs, no relief: the Dust Bowl of the 1930s -- Mammoth shakes and monster waves, destruction in 12 countries: December 26, 2004 -- Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans: August 29, 2005."Taking on a theme with great dramatic appeal, each of the book's 10 chapters presents a notable disaster: outbreaks of smallpox in North America beginning in the 1600s, the Great Chicago Fire, the Johnstown Flood, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the sinking of the Titanic, the 1918 flu pandemic, the 1930s Dust Bowl, the 2004 tsunami, and the drowning of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina."--Amazon.com.1080LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection- Subjects: Natural disasters; Disasters;
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- What went wrong : investigating the greatest man-made and natural disasters / by Hayes, William.(CARDINAL)711855;
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- Subjects: Accidents; Disasters; Natural disasters;
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- Oil spill : disaster / by Chiang, Mona.(CARDINAL)592405; Crane, Cody.(CARDINAL)345746; Hamalainen, Karina.(CARDINAL)631419; Jones, Lynda.(CARDINAL)650638;
The worst environmental disaster America has ever faced -- Catastrophic records -- Who needs oil? -- Black gold -- The world's oil -- Drilling deep in the Gulf -- Disaster strikes -- Oil spill -- Environmental damage -- Operation: Spill Control -- Animals under threat -- Wildlife rescue -- Stopping the spill -- Innovative solutions -- Think about it.Explores the immediate and future consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in April 2010, when the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, causing major environmental and economical damage along the Gulf coast of the United States.970LAccelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Man-made disasters; Oil spills; Oil spills; Pollution; Oil spills; Oil spills and wildlife; Oil pollution of water; Oil spills; Oil spills; Pollution;
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- Floodpath : the deadliest man-made disaster of 20th-century America and the making of modern Los Angeles / by Wilkman, Jon.(CARDINAL)431479;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Just before midnight on March 12, 1928. The St. Francis Dam, a twenty-story-high concrete structure just fifty miles north of Los Angeles, suddenly collapsed, releasing a devastating flood that roared fifty-four miles to the Pacific Ocean, destroying everything in its path. It was a horrific catastrophe, yet one which today is virtually forgotten.- Subjects: Floods; Dam failures; Floodplains;
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- Oil spills / by Walker, Jane(Jane Alison)(CARDINAL)365868;
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- Subjects: Pollution;
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- Man-made catastrophes / by Davis, Lee(Lee Allyn)(CARDINAL)366784;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-378) and index.- Subjects: Disasters.;
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Disasters that shook the world / edited by Kelly Knauer.
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- Subjects: Knauer, Kelly.; Disasters.; Disasters;
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- The great disasters / by Maloney, William Edward,1926-(CARDINAL)518161;
Text and illustrations describe some great natural or man made disasters throughout history caused by flood, fire, plague, volcanic eruptions, and hurricanes.- Subjects: Disasters.; Disasters;
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- Catastrophes / by Brown, Walter R.,1929-(CARDINAL)144039; Anderson, Norman D.,author.(CARDINAL)125907; Cutchen, Billye W.,1930-author.(CARDINAL)505243;
Describes some of the world's worst natural and man-made disasters throughout history including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and fires.- Subjects: Disasters; Fires; Natural disasters;
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