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Chap 4: Motter Earth Rules : Natural Disasters Flashcards

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1
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Natural hazards

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Les risques naturels

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A catastrophe

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Une catastrophe, un sinistre

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A cataclysm

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Un cataclysme

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A high-risk area

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Une zone à haut risque

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Severe/ extreme weather

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Très mauvais temps

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The weather forecast

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Les prévisions météo

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Drought

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La sécheresse

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A famine

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Une famine

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Hunger

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La faim

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A cold wave/ spell

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Une vague de froid

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A heat wave

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Une canicule

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A pandemic

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Une pandémie

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Wildfire

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Des incendies de forêts

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A storm

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Un orage/ une tempête

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Heavy rainfall

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De fortes précipitations

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A flood/ flooding

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Une inondation

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A tsunami

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Un tsunami

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A tidal wave

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Un raz-de-marée

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A landslide

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Un glissement de terrain

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An earthquake

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Un tremblement de terre

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A volcano eruption

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Une éruption volcanique

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A lava flow

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Une coulée de lave

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A disaster area

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Une zone sinistrée

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To strike/ to hit

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Frapper

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To wreak havoc

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Faire des ravages

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To affect a region

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Toucher une région

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To devastate a region

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Dévaster une région

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Damage

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Les dégâts

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A state of emergency

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L’état d’urgence

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To claim lives

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Faire des morts

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The death toll

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Le bilan humain

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A casualty

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Une victime

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To be reported missing

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Être porté disparu

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Rubble

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Les décombres

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To be trapped

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Être prisonnier

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To spread

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Se propager

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Aftermath

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Effet secondaire

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To avert a disaster

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Prévenir une catastrophe

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To predict

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Prévoir

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To rescue

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Sauver

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To evacuate

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Évacuer

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Safe and sound

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Sain et sauf

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To escape unharmed

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Sortir indemne

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A survivor

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Un survivant, un rescapé

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A NGO

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Un ONG

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A charity

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Une organisation caritative

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A relief agency

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Une organisation humanitaire

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Food aid

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Aide alimentaire

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The precautionary/ safety- first principle

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Principe de précaution

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Natural disaster

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A sudden and terrible event in nature that usually results in serious damage and many deaths

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Natural disaster

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A sudden and terrible event on nature (such as hurricane, tornado, or flood) that usually results in serious damage and many deaths
: different from human-made disaster

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