When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.

Describes the changing nature of weather and how meteorologists predict and study such storms as tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards.

While on their way to Weatherama Amusement Park to attend the Wild Weather Show, Ms. Frizzle and her class get a first-hand lesson in the forces of nature as they fly directly into the heart of a powerful tornado.

The results of a detailed analysis of 159 tornado proximity rawinsonde soundings are considered in Part I of this study. An extensive discussion of tornado features and a hypothesized physical model of tornado genesis is presented in Part II of this paper.

Studies the effects of a tornado on an urbanized area. Fujita Scale does not describe urban types of damage effectively, which could lead to difficulties in the Fujita Scale damage assessment process.

"A tornado has destroyed a small Minnesota community and among the missing are not only a group of students but PEAK Rescue team leader Chet King. Ty Remington will stop at nothing to rescue his mentor, not even when the girl he loved--and lost--walks back into his life. But Brette needs his help more than he knows, despite her stubborn determination to push him away. And when he gets a second chance, loving her just might cost him more than he can...

"When stormy winds start to twist ant incredible speeds, watch out for some wild weather!" -- back cover.

This study looks at one incident (i.e., a tornado), and describes transition from response to recovery disaster activities.

This study examines one community's experience with the idea of sustainable development. After tornados destroyed 60 blocks of a small city, during recovery the leaders defined the rebuilding effort as creating a "sustainable" community.