Catastrophes (2) Flashcards by Mylèna Rajaonatahina

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Inonder

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To flood

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Un raz de marée

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A tsunami

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Destructeur

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Destructive

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De grand 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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Un volcan éteint

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An extinct volcano

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Une faille

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A fault/faultine

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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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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Une tempête de neige

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A snowstorm

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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

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Heavy rain

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L’érosion des sols

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Soil erosion

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Les secouristes

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The rescue services

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L’ampleur

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The extent

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Un sismologue

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A seismologist

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Le code du bâtiment

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The building regulations

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Mourir de faim

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To die of hunger/ to starve to death

Les secours aux victimes de catastrophe

Disaster relief

Aide alimentaire

Food relief/ aid/ assistance

La déshydratation

Dehydration

Un programme de secours

A relief program

Un organisme non-gouvernemental (ONG)

A non-governmental organisation (NGO)

Aide humanitaire

Humanitarian aid

Répartir/ diriger l’aide

To allocate/ channel aid

Un bénévole

A volunteer worker

Une agence d’aide alimentaire

A food aid agency

La menace d’épidémies

The threats of epidemics

Une zone sinistrée

A disaster area

Les sinistrés

Disaster victim

Une région dévastée

A stricken/ badly affected area

Le bilan des victimes

The death toll

La surpopulation

Over-population

Un recensement

A census

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 (OAA)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 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