Extreme Weather:
Mother Nature at Her Worst

FICTIONAL ACCOUNTS:

Down in the Flood,
Kenneth Abel

The Dead of Winter: A Rina Martin Novel,
Jane Adams

A Walk Across the Sun,
Corban Addison

Murder with Puffins,
Donna Andrews

Firestorm,
Nevada Barr

Ark,
Stephen Baxter

After America,
John Birmingham

Tempting Evil: A Novel of Suspense,
Allison Brennan

Chill Factor,
Sandra Brown

Too Much Stuff,
Don Bruns

Silent Wager,
Anita R. Bunkley

Cape Storm: A Weather Warden Novel,
Rachel Caine

In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden,
Kathleen Cambor

61 Hours: A Reacher Novel,
Lee Child

The House on Salt Hay Road,
Carin Clevidence

Deep Black. Death Wave,
Stephen Coonts and William H. Keith

Whiter than Snow,
Sandra Dallas

One Amazing Thing,
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Burn,
Sean Doolittle

First the Dead,
Tim Downs

Gardens of Water,
Alan Drew

Dry Ice,
Bill Evans and Marianna Jameson

White Corridor,
Christopher Fowler

Second Wind,
Dick Francis

People of the Nightland,
W. Michael and Kathleen Gear

Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel,
Tess Gerritsen

One More River,
Mary Glickman

The Map of Moments: A Novel of the Hidden Cities,
Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon

The Last Noel,
Heather Graham

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead,
Sara Gran

Spring’s Renewal,
Shelley Shepard Gray

The Burnt Orange Sunrise,
David Handler

Car Wash Blues: A Mad Mick Murphy Mystery,
Michael Haskins

The Staggerford Flood,
Jon Hassler

Bones of the Barbary Coast: A Cree Black Novel,
Daniel Hecht

The Rescuer,
Dee Henderson

1222: A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel,
Anne Holt

Ice,
Linda Howard

A Lone Star Christmas,
William W. Johnstone

The Silent Land,
Graham Joyce

Damaged: A Maggie O’Dell Novel,
Alex Kava

A Christmas Blizzard,
Garrison Keillor

Downtown Owl,
Chuck Klosterman

Dunston Falls,
Al Lamanda

Storm Track,
Margaret Maron

A McKettrick Christmas,
Linda Lael Miller

Saving Cascadia,
John J. Nance

Water, Stone, Heart,
Will North

A Prayer for the Dying,
Stewart O’Nan

Rough Weather,
Robert B. Parker

Mission of Hope,
Allie Pleiter

The Hidden: A Novel of Suspense,
Bill Pronzini

The Wildfire Season,
Andrew Pyper

The Cold Kiss,
John Rector

To Dream of the Dead,
Phil Rickman

The Incense Game,
Laura Joh Rowland

Canvey Island,
James Runcie

Torn Apart,
Sharon Sala

Everything is Broken,
John Shirley

Amazing Grace,
Danielle Steel

Osiris,
E. J. Swift

The Island at the End of the World,
Sam Taylor

Ice Station: A Mariner Novel,
Peter Tonkin

The Age of Miracles,
Karen Thompson Walker

Salvage the Bones,
Jesmyn Ward

A Race to Splendor,
Ciji Ware

The Winter Lodge,
Susan Wiggs

Tsunami Blue,
Gayle Ann Williams

The Renegades,
Tom Young

TRUE TALES

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast,
Douglas Brinkley  363.34922 BRI

Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938,
R.A. Scotti  363.34922 SCO

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883
Simon Winchester  551.21 WIN

When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes,
Jay Feldman  551.22 FEL

Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami that Could Devastate North America,
Jerry Thompson  551.22 THO

Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches,
Jill A. Fredston  551.307 FRE

Extreme Waves,
Craig B. Smith  551.463 SMI

Extreme Weather: Understanding the Science of Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Heat Waves, Snow Storms, Global Warming and Other Atmospheric Disturbances,
H. Michael Mogil  551.55 MOG

Into the Storm: Violent Tornadoes, Killer Hurricanes, and Death-Defying Adventures in Extreme Weather,
Reed Timmer  551.55 TIM

Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes,
Kerry Emanuel  551.55209 EMA

Tornado Hunter: Getting Inside the Most Violent Storms on Earth,
Stefan Bechtel  551.553 BEC

F5: Devastation, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the Twentieth Century,
Mark Levine  551.553 LEV

Out of the Blue: A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival,
John S. Friedman  551.5632 FRI

Freaks of the Storm: From Flying Cows to Stealing Thunder: The World’s Strangest True Weather Stories,
Randall S. Cerveny  551.6 CER

Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea,
Michael J. Tougias  910.916345 TOU

Halsey’s Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue,
Bob Drury  940.545 DRU

Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces,
Robert Clark  945.510926 CLA

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea,
Sebastian Junger  974.45 JUN

Zeitoun,
Dave Eggers  976.335064 EGG

Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History,
Erik Larson  976.4139 LAR

The Children’s Blizzard,
David Laskin  978.02 LAS

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl,
Timothy Egan  978.032 EGA

San Francisco is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires,
Dennis Smith  979.461051 SMI

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906,
Simon Winchester  979.461051 WIN

The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America’s Deadliest Avalanche,
Gary Krist  979.777 KRI

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