32 Natural disasters 3/5 Flashcards by Roj'eddy Ranelitsiatosika | Brainscape

Q

une crue subite

A

a flash flood

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une zone inondable

A

a flood-risk area

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déborder

A

to overflow

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Q

un tsunami

A

a tsunami

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un raz-de-marée

A

a tidal wave

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Q

un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

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une coulée de boue

A

a mugslide

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Q

une tempête de neige

A

a snowstrorm

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une avalanche

A

an avalanche

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Q

la glace ou le verglas

A

ice

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Q

congère (amas de neige entassée par le vent

A

snowdrift

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Q

un tremblement de terre

A

an earthquake

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une faille

A

a fault

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une ligne de faille

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a fault line

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l’épicentre

A

the epicentre

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secousse tellurique, secousse sismique

A

(earth) tremor

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l’échelle de Richter

A

the Richter scale

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de magnitude 6

A

of magnitude 6

Q

les décombres

A

rubble, debris

Q

être prisonnier sous les décombres, être enterré sous les décombres (2)

A

to be trapped in rubble, to be buried in rubble