What's a haboob? / by Therese M. Shea.
Material type: TextSeries: Wildly weird weatherPublisher: Buffalo, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 24 pages : illustrations, maps, color ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781538288078
- 1538288079
- 9781538288061
- 1538288060
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | New | 551.559 S539 | Available | 33111011250657 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A haboob is a violent dust storm or sandstorm. Haboobs usually occur in hot, dry locations, such as the Sahara Desert. How does a haboob form? What speeds and heights might an intense haboob reach? What are the dangers of a haboob and how can one protect themselves during it? Readers will learn the answer to these questions and more in this informative and interesting book. Eye-catching photographs bring the information to life. Fact boxes feature high-interest information to supplement the text material.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ha-what? -- Wow, a wall! -- Around the world -- In the United States -- Caught in the middle -- Safe in the storm -- Predicting them -- More haboobs? -- Traveling dust.
"A haboob is a violent dust storm or sandstorm. Haboobs usually occur in hot, dry locations, such as the Sahara Desert. How does a haboob form? What speeds and heights might an intense haboob reach? What are the dangers of a haboob and how can one protect themselves during it? Readers will learn the answer to these questions and more in this informative and interesting book. Eye-catching photographs bring the information to life. Fact boxes feature high-interest information to supplement the text material"-- Provided by publisher.