Fires and FloodsEvans Brothers, 1997 - 45 páginas Looking first at fire in different places, from forests to chemical plants, this book sets out some recent firefighting methods. It also studies flooding which is a constant threat in many parts of the world, and how man's activities have contributed to that threat. The book is part of a series which studies both natural and man-made disasters, and examines ways of predicting and preventing such disasters, and repairing the damage they cause. The series also features eye-witness accounts which give a vivid picture of the events and their impact on people's lives. |
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aircraft Amazonia Bangladesh banks barrier blaze buildings burning bush fires centimetres Channel Chicago Fire churches coastal coasts combustible concrete countries crops dam bursts dams fail delta destroyed drowned engineers escalator escape experts fire broke fire fighters Fire of London Fire Research fire spreading fire-resistant fire-safety firebreak fires and floods flames flammable flood water forest fires fuel fumes gases happen heat houses huge quantities Ice dams inset islands killed kilometres King's Cross fire lake land at risk levees low-lying Malpasset Dam Marram grass materials metres metres high million North Sea OCEAN oil rigs Oosterschelde overflow passengers Peshtigo fire Piper Alpha prevent fires rainforest REPAIRING THE DAMAGE reservoir rising river bed rock safety scientists sea floods sea walls sea water service tunnel set alight shore slopes smoke Smokehoods soaked sprinklers Teton Dam Thames Thames Barrier trees underground Valley warning water gates waves winds wooden worst
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Rainy, Windy, Snowy, Sunny Days: Linking Fiction to Nonfiction Phyllis J. Perry No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1996 |