Presents information about tornadoes and the damage that they can cause, with facts, scientific explanations, photographs, first-person accounts, and historical reports of deadly tornadoes.

"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of tornadoes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

Eleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Gage, he has to say yes! Dr. Gage is the host of Tornado Mysteries, the show that Dex and his older brother, Jeremy, watched every night until Jeremy joined the U.S. Navy SEALs and left Joplin. Dex certainly knows how deadly tornadoes can be, but this one isn't heading towards Joplin, and wouldn't it...

"Learn all about twisters, from the scientists who track them to the people who have their lives turned upside down by the swirling winds"--

In a time of crisis, two women come together and set off down a road of hope in this novel in the Tending Roses series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours.
 
Twenty-year-old Jenilee Lane, whose dreams are as narrow as the sky is wide, doesn’t imagine any good could come out of the tornado that has ripped across the Missouri farmland where she makes her home. But...

"Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic. He's been rescuing people all his life. But he's on the run now from the burden of his profession, from the grief of losing his sister, from a God he doesn't want to trust."--Page 4 of cover.

Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background, and legends.

Details the series of destructive tornadoes that struck the American Midwest during the span of several hours in April 1991, causing severe damage in several states.

As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.