Natural disasters

І. Choose the correct translation for the following word.

a landslide  

to respond   

a frequency  

 to damage 

a disaster   

a blizzard  

to occur   

II. Complete the sentences (8-16).

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

 Which is an example of climate change?

 _______ are rain drops that have formed together into ice.

Which of these natural phenomena is a land movement disaster?

Which of these natural phenomena is a water disaster?

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

Such acts of nature are called natural _______.

In Costa Rica the volcano Irazu _______ in 1963, destroying farms and spreading ash over San Jose.

No part of the world is totally free from _______ disasters.

There was a severe ____ in the area and people couldn`t find water to drink.

The ___ was started by some campers who were cooking outside their tent.

Planes could not fly because of the danger caused by the ___ after the eruption.

What is the ___ going to be like at the weekend?

The ___ erupted, destroying the nearby villages.

Quick ___ had to be taken to avoid further damage.

The fire ___ half the forest.

It`s a pity the fireman didn`t ___ her.

The river ___ its banks, so our crops were ruined.

They didn`t listen to the ___ and got trapped in the floods.

The fire caused so much ___ to the house that the owners had to have it rebuilt.