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200 00$aExtreme weather and natural disasters /$fedited by Justin Healey
210   $aThirroul $cThe Spinney Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (65 p.)
225 1 $aIssues in Society: 335 ;$vv.335
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-921507-64-0 
327   $aContents; Chapter 1 - Climate and extreme weather events -- Chapter 2 - Natural disasters in Australia; Exploring issues - worksheets and activities; Index
330   $aAustralia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of natural disasters? What part do La Nin?a and El Nin?o play in the extreme weather cycle? Cyclones, floods, severe storms, bushfires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis - what are the natural and man-made causes of these phenomena, how predictable are they, and how prepared are we for the impacts of natural dis
410  0$aIssues in Society: 335
606   $aEmergency management
606   $aNatural disasters
606   $aStorms
606   $aWeather
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615  4$aNatural disasters.
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