Natural disasters - vocabulary

Continuous dry weather, when there is not enough water for people’s needs:

• Tsunami

• Volcanic eruption

• Drought

• Flood

A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

• Flood

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Tornado

A strong and fast discharge of electricity from a storm cloud to the ground.

• Lightning

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Flood

A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the caribbean.

• Hurricane

• Drought

• Flood

• Landslide

A sudden strong shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.

• Volcanic eruption

• Landslide

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

When lava and gas are released from a volcano.

• Earthquake

• Avalanche

• Volcanic eruption

• Forest fire.

The sliding down of a mass of earth of rock from a mountain or cliff.

• Drought

• Landslide

• Explosion

• Lightning

An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits.

• Flood

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

An uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area.

• Explosion

• lightning

• Forest fire

• Avalanche

the movement of large snow volumes. It can be caused by vibrations from an earthquake or in severe conditions loud sounds can disrupt the snow.

• Landslide

• Volcanic eruption

• Flood

• Avalanche