Disasters
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c2005 (new 2008) Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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A huge earthquake rocked the West Coast on April 18, 1906. Worst hit was the city of San Francisco, where buildings collapsed and fires raged for days. Thousands of people died, and many more were left homeless. The disaster was just one of a long series of earthquakes triggered by the San Andreas Fault.
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c2005 (new 2008) Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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On January 28, 1986, people around the world tuned in to watch the space shuttle Challenger take off-only to see it blow to pieces in the air. The disaster forced NASA to change its safety systems. Seventeen years later, the shuttle Columbia blew apart on reentry. NASA is still recovering and working hard to learn from the disaster that cost fourteen astronauts their lives.
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c2005 (new 2008) Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Florida suffers many hurricanes-huge spinning storms with high winds and heavy rain. The storm that hit in August 1992 was something special. Andrew did more damage than alomost any other hurricane in American history. Despite the destruction, Andrew changed the way people prepare for hurricanes and better prepared Floricans for disasters such as the 2004 hurricane season.
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