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Biggest, Baddest Books
Biggest, Baddest Book of
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Mary Elizabeth Salzmann
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Published by Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO, PO Box 398166, Minneapolis,
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Editor: Liz Salzmann
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth, 1968-
Biggest, baddest book of storms / Mary Elizabeth Salzmann.
pages cm -- (Biggest, baddest books)
Audience: 004-009.
ISBN 978-1-62403-519-7
1. Storms--Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Biggest, baddest books.
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What Is a Storm? 4
High Pressure vs. Low Pressure 5
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Birth of a Storm 6
Storm Types 7
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Terrifying Twisters 8
Tri-State Terror 10
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2011 Super Outbreak 11
Fury from the Sea 12
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Savage Cyclones 14
Snowed In 16
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Worst. Winter. Ever. 18
Ice Storms 20
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Dust Storms 21
Firestorms 22
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What Do You Know About Storms? 23
Glossary 24
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A storm starts in the atmosphere.
What happens there affects things
on the ground. Storms bring wind,
lightning, rain, hail, and snow.
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HIGH PRESSURE
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The atmosphere is the
air that surrounds the
Earth. The air presses on
the Earth. An area where
LOW PRESSURE
the air presses harder
is a high-pressure area.
An area where the air
presses less hard is a
low-pressure area.
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The air pressure is
always changing. Sometimes
a high-pressure area forms around
a low-pressure area. They push against
each other. It gets windy. Clouds appear.
This is how a storm begins.
Some storms
are very strong.
A strong storm can
be dangerous. It can
destroy buildings and
kill people.
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Tornadoes can form when
there are storm clouds. They
happen when it is very windy
and the air is wet. The wind lifts
the moist air up to a cloud. It spins
it around. This makes a column of
spinning air. Sometimes it touches the
ground. Then it can blow buildings down.
It can also carry things away.
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