Provides facts about natural disasters, and explores what causes them, the damage they cause, and how scientists try to predict them. Highlights famous natural disasters throughout history, and profiles eyewitness accounts of people who survived natural disasters. Includes color photographs, sidebars, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources.

Includes index.

Dynamic planet -- Restless earth -- What is a tsunami? -- Wave power -- Walls of water -- A drowned world -- Recovery begins -- Tsunami warnings -- Earth shakes -- Surviving a quake -- Mighty volcanoes -- Rivers of fire -- Landslides and avalanches -- Earth's atmosphere -- Wild weather -- Hurricane force -- Battling the wind -- Hurricane Katrina -- Twisting tornadoes -- Flood alert -- Raging waters -- Drought and famine -- Wildfire -- Fighting fires -- Climate change -- Unnatural disasters -- Infectious diseases -- Epidemic -- Future disasters -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more.