Transcript PRESENTATION OF NATURAL DISASTERS

PRESENTATION
OF NATURAL
DISASTERS
DROUGHT
A disaster when there is no rain
for a long time
MUDSLIDE
A disaster in which hills become
too wet and the soil moves
EMERGENCY SHELTER
A place where people can sleep in an
emergency
FLOOD
A lot of water
DAM
It is a barrier that improunds
water or underground streams
FAMINE
A disaster when there is no food
EVACUATION
The act of making people leave place
because of danger
BLIZZARD
A very bad snowstorm
TSUNAMI
A big wave that can destroy towns
near the sea
AFTERSHOCK
A small earthquake after a larger one
AVALANCHE
A disaster in which snow and ice
move quickly down a mountain
RAIN
A liquid precipitation
CYCLONE
It is an area of closed, circular fluid
motion rotating in the same direction
as the Earth
HEAT WAVE
It is a prolonged period of
excessively hot weather
HAIL
It is a form of solid precipitation
which consists of balls of ice
TORNADO
It is a violent, dangerous rotating
column of air
SNOW
It is a type of precipitation in the
form of water ice
HURRICANE
It is a storm system that
produce strong winds and heavy
rain
MONSOON
It is a seasonal reversing wind
accompanied by seasonal changes
in precipitation
VOLCANO
It is an opening in the surface
which allows hot magma and
volcanic ash
TWISTER
It’s like a tornado
FOG
It is a collection of water
droplets or ice crystals
suspended in the air at or near
the Earth's surface
HAILSTORM
They are rain drops that have
formed together into ice
WIND
wind consists of the bulk
movement of air
RAINBOW
is an optical and meteorological
phenomenon that causes a spectrum
of light to appear in the sky when the
Sun shines on to droplets of moisture
in the Earth's atmosphere
FOREST FIRE
is any uncontrolled fire in
combustible vegetation that
occurs in the countryside