Killer Weather is an illustrated guide to extreme and hazardous weather from around the world, from ice storms to heatwaves, bush fires to flash floods, avalanches to acid rain. It explores some of the deadliest weather events in history, such as the tri-state tornado of 1923, which claimed nearly 700 lives across the American mid-west, or Cyclone Nargis of 2008, which killed more than 120,000 people in Burma; it examines some of the weather warning systems in place around the world, looking at how and why they were created; and it also considers the kinds and degrees of extreme weather that we are likely to experience in the future. Published in association with the Met Office, this book is both informative and visually striking, with the contents ranging widely across meteorological science and history. Each chapter opens with an information spread that outlines the science, history...
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