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What's a haboob? / by Therese M. Shea.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wildly weird weatherPublisher: Buffalo, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 24 pages : illustrations, maps, color ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538288078
  • 1538288079
  • 9781538288061
  • 1538288060
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction New 551.559 S539 Available 33111011250657
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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.

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