Hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters

Restless Earth: Moving ground

Earthquake!

Tsunami terror

Indian Ocean tsunami

Understanding quakes

Summary

Volcanoes: Eruption!

Buried by lava

Exploding volcanoes

After the eruption

Sleeping giants

Summary

Storms, floods, and snow: Danger in the air

Hurricane alert

Twisters

Danger at sea

Floods

Avalanches

Fighting back

Summary

Droughts, fires, and diseases: Drought and famine

Wildfires

Invisible killers

Pandemics

Defending ourselves

Summary

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgments.

Restless Earth

Volcanoes

Storm and flood

Drought and disease.

The restless Earth

Volcanoes

Storms, floods and snow

Droughts fires, and diseases.