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Addresses readers as though they were personally experiencing a tornado.

Discusses, in question and answer format, what avalanches are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself from avalanches.

Scientists estimate that each year there are several million earthquakes throughout the world. Some are so small that they are never detected. Others are so large that they set off a chain of aftershocks and tsunamis. Read about these terrifying events to learn what causes them and how scientists detect them.

Examines the origins and dangers of earthquakes and how we try to predict them and cope with their aftermath.

A simple introduction to thunderstorms.

Simple text and color photographs describe volcanoes.