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What stands in a storm : three days in the worst superstorm to hit the South's tornado alley / Kim Cross ; foreword by Rick Bragg.

Cross, Kim (Kimberly Hisako), 1976- (author.).

Summary:

Immersive reporting and dramatic storytelling set you right in the middle of the horrific superstorm of April 2011, a weather event that killed 348 people. April 27, 2011, marked the climax of a superstorm that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through twenty-one states in three days, seven hours, and eighteen minutes. It was the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history, which saw 348 people killed, entire neighborhoods erased, and

Record details

ISBN: 9781476763064
ISBN: 1476763062
Physical Description: xiii, 301 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Atria Books, ©2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The storm. Racing the storm ; Trouble on the horizon ; The calm ; The prelude ; The opening act ; Ground truth ; Scanning the skies ; Tornado down ; Birth of a weatherman ; Red-letter day ; Unbroken ; Chasers ; Safe place ; Cordova ; Code Gray ; Entrapment ; Slouching toward Tuscaloosa ; The train -- The aftermath. The rescue ; The silence ; Under siege ; the house ; Charleston Square ; Beverly Heights ; Twilight ; The search ; The unthinkable ; Graduation day ; The walk ; Chance ; The wake -- The recovery. Picking up the pieces ; But not destroyed ; The wedding ; Healing ; One step at a time ; The anniversary ; Remembering ; The master.