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Catastrophes Naturelles Flashcards

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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
Des fortes pluies / des pluies intenses
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Soil erosion
L'érosion des sols
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Was felt (to feel)
Fut perçu
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The rescue services
Les secouristes
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The current figures
Les chiffres actuels
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The extent
L'ampleur
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A seismologist
Un sismologue
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The building regulations
Le code du bâtiment
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To die of hunger / to starve to death
Mourir de faim
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Starvation / famine
La famine
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Disaster relief
Les secours aux victimes de catastrophes
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A corpse / a dead body
Un cadavre
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Food relief / aid / assistance
Aide alimentaire
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Dehydration
Déshydratation
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(NGO = Non-governmental organisation)
(ONG = un organisme non gouvernementale)
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Humanitarian aid
Aide humanitaire
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To allocate / channel aid
Répartir / diriger l'aide
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A volunteer worker
Un bénévole
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A food aid agency
Une agence d'aide alimentaire
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The threat of epidemics
La menace d'épidémies
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A disaster victims
Les sinistrés
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A stricken / badly affected area
Une région dévastée
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The death toll
Le bilan des victimes / le bilan officiel
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Over-population
Surpopulation
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A census
Un recensement
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The birth rate
Le taux de natalité
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The death rate
Le taux de mortalité
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The infant mortality rate
Le taux de mortalité infantile
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Life expectancy
Espérance de vie
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Population growth
La croissance démographique
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Population increase
Un accroissement démographique
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations
Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (OAA)
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A man-made crisis
Une crise provoqué par l'homme
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Devoid of
Dépourvu de
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Reliable
Fiable
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Blockade
Blocus
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To the brink of famine
Sur le point de / au bord de la famine

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