Weather Disasters

Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out tosea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, Jean Pierre de Lutz, a dual citizen of America and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboat has filled with water and disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giant waves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with ninebroken ribs, is hypothermic and on the verge of death.

Normalcy is a fragile thing. For the people in these twenty real-life accounts, it shattered in an instant. What happens when the ground opens up, the sky falls, or a wall of fire consumes everything in its path? When the mundane world of deadlines and daily routines is replaced by a desperate fight for the next breath? SURVIVING - Disasters places you directly into the heart of catastrophe. Journey alongside ordinary people—parents, teachers, and commuters—thrown into the most extreme situations imaginable. From catastrophic tsunamis and terrifying wildfires to sudden building ...

In 2006 freelance photojournalist and amateur climber Nick van der Leek wrote a five page analysis of the 1996 Everest disaster titled MOUNTAIN MADNESS, and published in HEARTLAND magazine. His distillation was described at the time by THE CLIMB co-author, Weston DeWalt, as ‘the clearest exposition of the 1996 disaster I have ever seen’. Now, nine years later, having honed his penmanship within the rigors and deceits of the True Crime genre, Nick van der Leek is taking on the Everest narrative once more but with a fresh approach. Compared to his 2006 article, NEVEREST is a much larger ...

Hurricane Ian: Stories from the Storm is a collection of interviews with people who were caught up in the storm when it hit Florida on September 28th, 2022. It includes first-hand accounts of people who were forced to fight for their lives after their homes collapsed and washed away. They floated away on the roofs of homes, stood on furniture as the surge waters invaded their homes, drove in cars with surge waters up to their windshield, and more. You will see in detail why so many people lost their lives and the changes needed to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again. This book ...

This apocalyptic book contains three separate stories, including a volcano disaster thriller, a tsunami story, and a tornado disaster thriller that takes place in a dystopian setting.

By the end of the 1996 season - the deadliest in the history of Mount Everest - 13 climbers in all had perished. If it wasn’t the weather, and if it wasn't just the presence of journalists, what else fatally compromised Rob Hall's team, the Adventure Consultants? Were they really on a winning wicket when things "suddenly" went south on summit day, or was something else insidiously eating at the team's ability to perform all along? If so, what was it? What was the actual psychology that drove a record number of strong, brave men – and a Japanese woman – to certain death? On May 10 two ...

Brace for Impact: Stories of Hope and Horror Fifteen plane crashes. Fifteen stories of survival. From the frozen wastelands of Siberia to the depths of the Amazon rainforest, Brace for Impact captures the raw terror, resilience, and impossible decisions faced by those who lived through aviation disasters. Some found hope in the wreckage—others faced the brutal realities of isolation, injury, and the unforgiving elements. Told with gripping intensity, these true-to-life narratives echo the haunting suspense of your favorite Survival Stories, placing you inside the doomed cabins, the ...

The sky is bruised. The air is electric. For the residents of Osprey Key, the monster is no longer on the horizon—it’s here. Sheriff Walt Reynolds is too old for this, but duty chains him to his town. Claire is a mother driven by a single, desperate need: to find her son, who vanished into the growing chaos. Jessie is a runaway teen who chose the wrong place to hide. And Nate Cross is a thrill-seeking storm chaser who sees the town’s destruction as the shot of a lifetime. When the surge hits, the island is wiped from the map, leaving a handful of survivors trapped in a flooded ruin. ...

Oklahomans have long been known for their fatalism and grit, but even old-timers are troubled by the twisters that are devastating the state with increasing frequency. On May 20, 2013, the worst tornado on record landed a direct hit on the small town of Moore, destroying two schools while the children cowered inside.

Narrated by the author: Experience the Southern California wildfires through Jacob Soboroff’s eyes—and voice. New York Times Bestseller and #1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller A "gripping, unshakeable firsthand account" (San Francisco Chronicle) of the firestorm that consumed Los Angeles, from...

What if the most powerful weapon in history wasn’t a sword, a cannon, or a bomb… …but the weather? Most history books will tell you who won and who lost. Almost none will tell you why. And the answer is often hiding in plain sight—in the fog, the storms, the freezing cold, and the scorching heat that arrived uninvited and rewrote the outcome of some of the most famous battles ever fought. That’s exactly what this book uncovers. Fog of War: The Deadly Mists, Blinding Storms, and Freak Weather Events That Decided History’s Most Famous Battles reveals the invisible force no general...

Man’s struggle against the sea is a theme that has created some of the world’s most exciting stories. Now, in the tradition of Moby Dick comes a New York Times best seller destined to become a modern classic. Written by journalist Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm combines an intimate portrait of a small fishing crew with fascinating scientific data about boats and weather systems.

Unlock the secrets of survival with this riveting expedition into the science of disaster—now revised and updated to address the pandemic, the role of social media in disaster response, and more—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World Disaster can come in...

How do you survive when an ordinary day explodes into a battle against nature's most terrifying power? When the sky turns a malevolent green and the roar of a thousand freight trains is the last thing you hear before your world is ripped apart? Tornado: Twisted Tales invites you into the heart of fifteen unforgettable storms through a collection of gripping short stories. These aren't just tales of destruction; they are visceral accounts of human endurance, the desperate courage of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances, and the unpredictable twists of fate that unfold when ...

Coach Jack Ryland knows the signs of a storm, but he has never seen a barometer drop like this. In the small town of Pine Rock, a freak heatwave is about to collide with an arctic front, creating an atmospheric bomb that defies every model. When the sirens fail and the grid goes down, the first wedge destroys Main Street. But the wind is only the beginning. As the dust settles, the temperature plummets. The polar jet stream has fractured, burying the wreckage in a flash freeze that turns the town into a tomb of ice and steel. Trapped in a bank vault with forty students, Jack must keep them ...

The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account of humanity’s high-stakes race to understand nature’s fiercest phenomenon from Brantley Hargrove, “one of today’s great science writers” (The Washington Post). At the...

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce “Riveting, spellbinding, astounding on every page…Captures the majesty and...

The storm of the century is tearing the coast apart. But the deadliest threat is locked inside. Inside a coastal clinic, nurse Tara is fighting a losing battle against the rising Atlantic. Fifty-seven people are trapped with her. The power is dead. The emergency generator is failing. She has a premature newborn to keep alive and her teenage daughter to protect. Then the real nightmare begins. Tara's estranged and dangerous husband has taken shelter inside. As the storm surge floods the lower levels and forces everyone into the claustrophobic dark, he uses the panic to his advantage—...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents an important examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what is at...

Discredited, dismissed, and alone… and the only one who sees what’s coming. Veteran storm chaser Beck Maddox knows weather better than most—but lately, it’s not making sense. Tornadoes are forming where they shouldn’t. Storms are behaving with eerie precision. The data doesn’t lie, but no one wants to hear the truth. Savannah Reyes didn’t come to West Texas to babysit a rogue storm chaser. Her assignment was simple: monitor Beck, collect data, and keep him from stirring up trouble and exposing something dangerous. As the storms grow deadlier and secrets start unraveling, she ...