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Explains how floods, tsunamis, and hurricanes occur and describes the damage they can cause.

A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home.

On a terrifically rainy day, Ben has a dream in which he and his house float by the monuments of the world, half submerged in flood water.

The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood before finding a new home.

When his town is devastated by a flood, Hobie's fifth grade class is forced to meet every day in the shopping mall.

When Tattie's house floats away on a flooded river, she takes in several animals and people and has a wonderful ride.

A visiting dove provides the answer to Grandmother Maloko's financial problems when floodwaters destroy her crops and she must rely on the sale of her homemade jewelry.

Explains how hurricanes form and how they differ from other types of storms, highlighting the role of "storm trackers" in detecting and monitoring dangerous weather situations.

A flood hits Moomin Valley and triggers a series of adventures for the Moomins.

Presents information on these most damaging of all natural disasters from the perspective of basic meteorology and environmental science, including floodplains, aquifers, tsunamis, the cost of floods and prevention.

Tracy, her brother, and the new animal care volunteer at the Jefferson Science Center travel by boat to feed a dog stranded by flooding, and end up having a full day of dangerous adventures, which give them new perspectives about themselves and about each other.

Discusses the causes, types, and effects of floods, with case studies from the North Sea coasts, the Mississippi River, Japan, India and Bangladesh, Boscastle Valley in the U.

In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves.

Provides information on ten of history's worst flood-related disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi River floods of 1993, and the 1964 tsunami in Alaska.

Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown.