Natural Disasters

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

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. 

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

Choose the disaster

Suddenly the ground shook beneath out feet and the tall building

opposite the college began to sway. Windows and doors rattled

and several bookcases in the college library came crashing down.

Choose the disaster

Over 50,000 people in Ethiopia have died of

starvation in the past month. Questions are

being asked concerning the delay in supplies of

rice and grain which were recently sent to them.

.....is a severe winter storm condition characterised by low

temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow.

.....are the result of prolonged rainfall from a storm, rapid melting of

large amounts of snow, or rivers which rise up their levels of water.

Smoke poured out of the crater but no one expected an eruption.

A week later, however, a red hot lava began to fl ow down the side

of the mountain.

It must have been at least twenty feet high as it swept towards

the shore. In a few seconds it destroyed all the houses on its way,

drowning everyone inside.

 Choose the correct translation for the following word.

a frequency