"From Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes an in-depth look at the world's natural disasters, broken down into four distinct categories: earth, weather, life, and space. From timelines of causes and outcomes of each disaster, graphs highlighting humans' effect on the earth, and a text teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate information ready for readers to easily devour, Disasters by the Numbers is unmatched and sure to wow fans old and new"--From the publisher's web site.

Includes chronologies. Includes glossary.

Multiple effects: natural disasters can be complicated -- Earthquake: the earth moves -- Volcano: lava, ash, and fire -- Tsunami: get to high ground! -- Landslide: dirt, rocks, and mud -- Avalanche: snow and ice -- Uncommon disasters: rare but deadly -- Hurricane: killer storms -- Tornado: twister! -- Flood: rising water -- Thunderstorm: wind, rain, lightning, hail -- Blizzard: snow and wind -- Drought: waiting for rain -- Heat: too hot! -- Cold: too cold! -- Fire: increasing risk -- Locusts: a whirring, flying plague -- Pandemic: the biggest killer -- Impact: near-Earth objects -- Protecting the planet: collision course -- Distant danger: future disasters -- Climate change: it's getting hotter -- Climate change: the future.