Natural Disasters

There was quite a bad flu __________ last year, and the doctors recommended vaccinating all children under five years old.

A lot of people lost their homes when ________ raged through some parts of California earlier this year.

It must have been so frightening when the __________ crashed over the sea walls and continued for half a kilometre inland.

There hasn’t been a(n) __________ from this volcano for 50 years at least.             

The heavy rainfall caused a __________ just outside the village, and some of the houses on the hill ended up 50 kilometres away in the valley.

Three _______ from the car crash were taken to hospital.

_______ from the eruption filled the sky, and it was like night time.

_______ of the spring floods have demanded compensation from the government.

The hurricane passed the coastal town quickly and caused little _______ to any buildings.

After the landslide, many of the fields were covered in thick ____.

There was a terrible __________ in the Alps last week. Several skiers are in still hospital.

The __________ that hit Japan last year shook buildings as far away as Tokyo. It was the worst in living history.

Lack of rain has caused a prolonged __________ in many African countries.

Why is it that we often give female names to _________?

I remember reading once about a severe __________ in a city, and some of the animals from the zoo were found swimming through the streets.

Luckily the building had been built well and it didn’t _______ after the earth tremor.

After three days of heavy rainfall, the river _______ its banks and flooded a wide area.

When the volcano erupted, _______ lava poured down the slopes of the mountain.

Because there was a suspected bomb in the bank, the police ___ the people from all the buildings in the road.

Sometimes volcanoes can erupt after lying _______ for a long period.