Sweeping up from tropical zones into the colder latitudes of the northern hemisphere, vast cyclonic storms each year lave in their wakes death and devastation. In the Atlantic these storms are called hurricanes; in the Pacific they are called typhoons. Both kinds of storms carry inconceivable amounts of energy and have greater potential for destruction than the most powerful atomic bombs. They are mysterious, yet they follow generally predictable behavior patterns; they are terrifying, yet their approach need not lead to panic. The purpose of this book is to discuss the theory, origin, and habits of these storms, and to show how to evade or survive them. -- From the Publisher's preface.

Part I. Hurricanes /Edwin T. Harding -- part II. Typhoons / William J. Kotsch.