Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.
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The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization. But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival--a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known....
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It starts with the discovery that the comet will hit the Earth. An excellent book. The first third is the discovery, the second third deals with the impact and the last third with survival and recovery.
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