Great British Weather Disasters.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (360 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1 -- 1 Setting the scene -- 2 Coping with the hazard -- 3 The nature of the hazard -- 4 Snowstorms-two case studies -- 5 Fog and smog-two case studies -- 6 Summer floods-two case studies -- 7 Destructive gales-two case studies -- 8 Droughts-two case studies -- 9 Compare and contrast -- 10 . . . and the next disaster please -- Part 2 -- A chronology of disaster: severe weather events in the UK from 1901 to 2008 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
9781441116253
Severe storms-Great Britain-History. Natural disasters-Great Britain. Climatic extremes-Great Britain. Great Britain-Climate.