Catastrophes Naturelles Flashcards by Sophie Chen | Brainscape

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To flood / to inundate / to swamp a city

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Inonder

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A tidal wave / a tsunami

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Un raz de marée

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Destructive / devastating

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Destructeur

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Large scale

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De grande ampleur

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Low-lying areas

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Des zones de basse altitude

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A volcano

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Un volcan

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An extinct volcano

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Un volcan éteint

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To erupt

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Enter en éruption

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An earthquake

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Un tremblement de terre

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The epicentre

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L’épicentre

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A fault / faultline

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Une faille

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An aftershock

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Une réplique

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To be earthquake-proof

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Résister aux tremblements de terre

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On the Richter scale

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Sur l’échelle de Richter

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A landslide

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Un glissement de terrain

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A tornado

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Une tornade

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A typhoon

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Un typhon

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A snowstorm / a blizzard

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Une tempête de neige

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The course of a hurricane

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La trajectoire d’un ouragan

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A drought

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Une sécheresse

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A heatwave

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Une canicule

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A groundwater reserves

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Nappes phréatiques

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The water table

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Le niveau hydrostatique

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Water supplies

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Approvisionnement en eau

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Heavy rain

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Des fortes pluies / des pluies intenses

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Soil erosion

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L’érosion des sols

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Was felt (to feel)

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Fut perçu

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The rescue services

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Les secouristes

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The current figures

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Les chiffres actuels

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The extent

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L’ampleur

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A seismologist

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Un sismologue

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The building regulations

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Le code du bâtiment

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To die of hunger / to starve to death

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Mourir de faim

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Starvation / famine

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La famine

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Disaster relief

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Les secours aux victimes de catastrophes

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A corpse / a dead body

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Un cadavre

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Food relief / aid / assistance

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Aide alimentaire

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Dehydration

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Déshydratation

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(NGO = Non-governmental organisation)

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(ONG = un organisme non gouvernementale)

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Humanitarian aid

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Aide humanitaire

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To allocate / channel aid

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Répartir / diriger l’aide

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A volunteer worker

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Un bénévole

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A food aid agency

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Une agence d’aide alimentaire

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The threat of epidemics

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La menace d’épidémies

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A disaster victims

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Les sinistrés

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A stricken / badly affected area

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Une région dévastée

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The death toll

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Le bilan des victimes / le bilan officiel

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Over-population

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Surpopulation

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A census

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Un recensement

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The birth rate

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Le taux de natalité

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The death rate

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Le taux de mortalité

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The infant mortality rate

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Le taux de mortalité infantile

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Life expectancy

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Espérance de vie

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Population growth

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La croissance démographique

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Population increase

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Un accroissement démographique

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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations

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Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (OAA)

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A man-made crisis

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Une crise provoqué par l’homme

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Devoid of

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Dépourvu de

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Reliable

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Fiable

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Blockade

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Blocus

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To the brink of famine

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Sur le point de / au bord de la famine