Aug 30, 2018 the following childrens books about hurricanes, fiction and nonfiction, focus on preparing for hurricanes, living through them, and or dealing with the aftermath. They produce winds of 119 kilometers per hour 74 mph or higher. The word hurricane comes from the taino native american word, hurucane, meaning evil spirit of the wind. The book also brings in facts about hurricanes from history and present day time. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Since the 1990s, only wind speed has been used to categorize hurricanes. This book also provides a fun fact section and a what to do if section. An updated edition of simons 2003 title, this book presents a definition and etymology of the term, descriptions of tropical storms, the names of significant disasters, the formation and behavior of hurricanes, and the resulting storm surges. Four hurricanes accounted for more than half of the recorded deaths. Barry became a tropical storm on july 11 in the gulf of mexico and strengthened to category 1 hurricane. An introduction to the power, majesty, and destruction of hurricanes contains eyewitness accounts of the storms, scientific facts about all types of hurricanes, and. Read it to 5 classes of 2nd graders and it sparked class discussion.
List of books and articles about hurricanes online research. Also includes explanations of tropical storms and a storm surge. Read a national geographic magazine article about atlantic hurricanes and get information, facts, and more about monster storms. The book also explains how hurricanes are formed, where they come from, and where they occur most often in the world. List of books and articles about hurricanes online. Winds from a hurricane can damage buildings and trees. Until this disaster, recent advances in early detection systems had helped to decrease the disastrous effects of hurricanes. This book is a very well written informational book.
Readers find out how hurricanes begin, how to track them, and what phenomenal power they hold. A hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful winds and heavy rain. Nov 20, 2015 ebook is an electronic version of a traditional print book this can be read by using a personal computer or by using an ebook reader. Rediscovering hurricanes by wayne neely authorhouse.
Readers learn the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon, and a severe tropical cyclone. Hurricanes are 4th in the new zealand conference hurricanes are 8th overall. The scale places the storms into one of five categories. Sometimes, people dont react exactly how youd expectand some of the facts around these disasters arent at all what youd imagine. Open it up to learn how a hurricane forms and how to stay safe if you are near one.
May 03, 2019 the 2018 hurricane season was one of the most active on record, with 22 major hurricanes in the northern hemisphere in under three months, and 2017 also saw seriously devastating atlantic storms. We continually update our products, ensuring accuracy of information, making sure they are fun and entertaining. Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones facts on file. Hurricanes form over warm ocean waters near the equator. This book tells the story about hurricanes in a childs frame of mind. Below this threshold temperature, hurricanes will not form or will weaken rapidly once they move over water below this threshold. It also includes several l ists of notable atlantic tropical cyclones and reasons for notability. Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclonesfacts and information. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Weather wiz kids is a fun and safe website for kids about all the weather info they need to know. Hurricanes for kids by bold kids overdrive rakuten. Fun hurricane facts for kids interesting information. Jan 21, 2008 this book goes into great details and provides some very interesting and fascinating stories of the major hurricanes of the north atlantic from 1495 to present.
Below this threshold temperature, hurricanes will not form or will weaken. This book goes into detail about the natural disaster of hurricanes. This new air then becomes warm and moist, and rises, too, beginning a continuous cycle that forms clouds. This book will teach them all about what hurricanes really are with a description of what goes on during then, along with some insane facts about hurricanes that are important to know. Help students learn facts and opinions about hurricanes and tornadoes. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. To estimate wind speed, the wind and wind gusts are measured over some period of time typically one. Check out ten top facts about hurricanes here at national geographic kids. It also gives you a more detailed idea of whats happening in the news and really helped. The nook book ebook of the extreme weather tornadoes to hu rricanes. Other names for a hurricane include cyclone, typhoon and tropical storm. The known category 3 hurricanes cumulatively killed 18,361 people, including 7,469 in the 2nd half of the 19th century, 7,541 in the 20th century, and 3,351 so far in the 21st century.
Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones facts on file science. About five hurricanes strike the united states coastline every three years. There are seven facts that are presented about tornadoes and six about hurricanes and typhoons. Hurricane katrina and new orleans by don brown, isaacs storm. The facts are interesting and simple to understand. See more ideas about teaching reading, reading skills and 2nd grade reading. The following childrens books about hurricanes, fiction and nonfiction, focus on preparing for hurricanes, living through them, andor dealing with the aftermath. More natural disasters tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, etc. A hurricane, also known as a tropical cyclone is a circular air movement over the warm ocean waters in the warm part of earth near the equator. Fun hurricane facts for kids interesting information about.
The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 in the middle of world war ii. Hurricanes fact and opinion by all yall need teachers pay. One of mother natures most devastating creations is explored in this book that invites readers right into the eye of a hurricane. A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane once winds goes up to 74 miles per hour or higher. Now i will find another person and tell them one of my facts. Hurricanes are natural disasters your child has heard about on the news, but do they know what they are exactly.
Stormchasers, about hurricane hunters and their stories. Tropical cyclones that occur in the atlantic ocean or eastern pacific ocean are called hurricanes. Informational nonfiction, 1,715 words, level w grade 4, lexile l. This book goes into great details and provides some very interesting and fascinating stories of the major hurricanes of the north atlantic from 1495 to present. Popular hurricanes books meet your next favorite book. Some of the childrens picture books about hurricanes will appeal to very young children while others will appeal to older children. Author lauber gives readers an upclose view of many personal accounts, including the 1938 hurricane that tore through long island and new england, and hurricane. Hurricanes can cause flash floods, landscapes, and mud slides. There is lots of information which is very well presented here, the images are really. A tropical depression is the beginning stages of a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds less than 39 mph a tropical storm is an organized system of thunderstorms that forms over tropical waters with a defined circulation and maximum sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph 3463 knots a hurricane has many of the same. Hurricanes are large, spiraling tropical storms that can pack wind speeds of over 160 mph and unleash more than 2. The saffirsimpson hurricane scale sets categories for the relative strength of hurricanes that may impact the united states based on the sustained wind speed. A typical year has 12 named storms, six hurricanes, and three major hurricanes. Each year on average, eleven tropical storms of which six become hurricanes develop over the atlantic ocean, caribbean sea or gulf of mexico.
Level 2 191 thordon quay pipitea wellington new zealand. What are tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. Learn more about hurricanes and other tropical storms so you can be prepared to keep your family safe. View available downloads lerner publishing group is one of the nations largest independently owned childrens publishers with more than 5,000 books in print. Earth facts and fun book for kids kindle edition by speedy. The warm, moist air above the ocean surface rises, causing air from surrounding areas to be sucked in. The author calls hurricanes earths mightiest storms.
Very simple but true facts on what they are and how they work. When a hurricane reaches land, it pushes a wall of ocean. The 2018 hurricane season was one of the most active on record, with 22 major hurricanes in the northern hemisphere in under three months. Hurricanes can last for weeks, but most hurricanes typically last approximately 10 days. The first condition is that ocean waters must be above 26 degrees celsius 79 degrees fahrenheit. Jan 31, 2017 hurricanes can last for weeks, but most hurricanes typically last approximately 10 days. An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer such as microsofts free reader application, or a book sized computer this is used solely as a reading device such as nuvomedias rocket ebook. There are six widely accepted conditions for hurricane development. Fact swap i can write 3 facts i learned from the story. Giant, dangerous storms like cyclone fani in india can cause substantial destruction. Hurricane katrina shocked the world after hitting the u. Katrina was the third most powerful hurricane ever to make landfall, or come across a land mass, in the united states.
Wind speeds gust over 200 mi 320 km per hr in some hurricanes. Read on and learn about hurricanes with our wide range of facts and trivia. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading extreme weather tornadoes to hurricanes. Those lowpressure systems are fed by energy from warm seas. Known also as cyclones and typhoons in other parts of the world, hurricanes cause high winds, flooding, heavy rain, and storm surges. Learn how hurricanes form, what the worlds biggest hurricane is and more. The 2019 season yielded 18 named storms, six of which became hurricanes, including three major ones category 3 or higher, with maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph. A pictorial book on hurricanes and the science behind them published by user, 21 years ago a pictorial book for young adults and adults who prefer light reading, this book explores the high drama world of hurricane chasing in hurricane hunter planes, the science behind hurricane forecasting, and the human toll left by these storms. This book will tell you all the basics of hurricanes. Thats faster than a cheetah, the fastest animal on land. Hurricanes andrew, dean, felix, gilbert, and wilma are covered in detail, as well as the most destructive and deadly tropical cyclone witnessed in the united states in the last 50 years, hurricane katrina. It tells how hurricanes are formed and what they can do the location that it hits. These questions and more are answered in this book. Earth facts and fun book for kids kindle edition by speedy publishing.
One section focuses on predicting and preparing for hurricanes. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Hurricane mitch and what it did where hurricanes happen and why they happen only there. The term is often restricted to those storms occurring over the n atlantic ocean. Hurricanes begin as tropical disturbances in warm ocean waters with surface temperatures of at least 80 degrees fahrenheit 26.
It even gives definitions throughout the book of words that children may not know that have to do with hurricanes. Look inside a picture book, chapter book, or classroom. Most hurricanes hit florida 57, with texas coming in second with 26. Cartoonlike watercolor images filled with details accompany simple facts, such as the five categories of hurricanes and information about wind speed and surge. Hurricanes fact and opinion by all yall need teachers. When hurricanes break through the coastline and wreak havoc on peoples lives, human nature also gets uncovered. A storm with wind speeds of 38 miles 61 km an hour or less is classified as a tropical depression. It contains tools for weather education, including weather games, activities, experiments, photos, a glossary and educational teaching materials for the classroom.
Each clear, simple text describes the natural event and offers fascinating facts about how the phenomenon forms, what it does, how it is tracked, and how to stay safe. Natural disaster books for kids childrens weather books the kindle edition contains information about the tornadoes, hurricanes and typhoons. The 11 facts you want are below, and the sources for the facts are at the very bottom of the page. It tells about the different categories of hurricanes and what the criteria is for them. Click for more kids facts and information or download the worksheet collection. Hurricanes and other tropical storms hurricanes are dangerous and destructive.