Author: John Farndon

Publisher: Hungry Tomato Ltd 2017

Pages: 32

Description: In just a few seconds, a spark can turn a forest into an inferno, igniting hundreds more fires and then the fight is on to control the rampaging flames. Follow the scorched trail of the worst wildfires ever, with firefighters battling them sometime for months on end.

Water, the enemy of fire, is vital to life except in the deluging amounts brought by storms and rising seas. See how extreme floods reduce land to swamp, sweep away houses and bridges, and bring hunger and disease. And discover how technology helps to predict them it's now more important than ever.