Catastrophes Flashcards by Farah Ramdani

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Inonder

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To flood/to inundate

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Un raz de marée

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A tsunami/tidal wave

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Destructeur

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Destructive/ devastating

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De grande ampleur

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Large scale

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Des zones de basse altitude

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Low-lying areas

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Volcan

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Volcano

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Un volcan éteint

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An extinct volcano

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Entrer en éruption

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To erupt

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Un tremblement de terre

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An earthquake

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L’épicentre

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The epicentre

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Une faille

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A fault/faultline

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Une réplique

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An aftershock

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Résister aux tremblements de terre

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To be earthquake-proof

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Sur l’échelle de richter

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On the Richter scale

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Une tornade

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A tornado

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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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Une tempête de neige

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A snowstorm/blizzard

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La trajectoire d’un ouragan

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The course of a hurricane

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Une sécheresse

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A drought

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Une canicule

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A heatwave

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Nappes phréatiques

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Groundwater reserves

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Le niveau hydrostatique

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The water table

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Approvisionnement en eau

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Water supplies

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Des fortes pluies

Heavy rain

L’érosion des sols

Soil erosion

Fut perçu

Was felt

Les secouristes

The rescue services

Les chiffres actuels

The current figures

L’ampleur

The extent

Un sismologue

A seismologist

Le code du bâtiment

The building regulations

Mourir de faim

To die of hunger/ starve to death

La famine

Starvation/famine

Les secours aux victimes de catastrophes

Disaster relief

Un cadavre

A dead body/ a corpse

Aide alimentaire

Food relief/aid

La déshydratation

Dehydration

Un programme de secours

A relief programme

Un organisme non-gouvernemental (ONG)

A non-governmental organisation (NGO)

Aide humanitaire

Humanitarian aid

Répartir/ diriger l’aide

To allocate

Un bénévole

A volunteer worker

Une agence d’aide alimentaire

A food aid agency

La menace d’épidémies

The threat of epidemics

Une région dévastée

A badly affected area/ a stricken

Une zone sinistrée

A disaster area

Les sinistrés

Disaster victims

Le bilan des victimes/ bilan officiel

The death toll

La surpopulation

Over-population

Un recensement

A census

Le taux de natalité

The birth rate

Le taux de mortalité

The death rate

Le taux de mortalité infantile

The infant mortality rate

Espérance de vie

Life expectancy

La croissance démographique

Population growth

Un accroissement démographique

Population increase

Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Crise provoquée par l’homme

A man-made crisis

Dépourvu de

Devoid of

Fiable

Reliable

Blocus

Blockade

Sur le point de/ au bord de la famine

To the brink of famine