Weather & natural disasters

"What's the difference between a hurricane, cyclone, and typhoon? What really makes all those magnificent colors of the rainbow? How can one side of a mountain be bone dry and the other lush with life? This latest installment in the hit Weird But True! Know-It-All series uncovers the mysteries of ou...

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Main Author: Burgan, Michael (Author)
Corporate Author: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Other Authors: Laughead, Mike (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2025]
Series:Weird but true! (National Geographic Kids (Firm))
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500 |a Includes index. 
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650 0 |a Meteorology  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
650 0 |a Natural disasters  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
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