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K-3Blazers: World's Worst Natural Disasters series.
Each volume provides the dates, locations, intensity, and number of fatalities of eleven deadly natural disasters, backgrounded by full-spread photographs of the destruction. The result is more titillating than informative. Try Seymour Simon's books on the topic as alternatives--they may not be quite as current, but they are richer in content. Safety tips appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Blazers: World's Worst Natural Disasters titles: The World's Worst Earthquakes and The World's Worst Tornadoes.