Natural Disasters

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  1. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  2. hurricane
    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds
  3. tornado
    a violently destructive windstorm occurring over land
  4. flood
    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto land
  5. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  6. volcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  7. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  8. avalanche
    a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain
  9. landslide
    the descent of a large mass of dirt and rock down a slope
  10. cyclone
    an atmospheric system in which air circulates rapidly
  11. blizzard
    a weather event with widespread snowfall and strong winds
  12. sinkhole
    a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
  13. eruption
    the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge
  14. typhoon
    a tropical cyclone in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
  15. monsoon
    a seasonal wind in southern Asia
  16. tremor
    an involuntary vibration, as if from illness or fear
Created on Wed Jun 28 16:20:01 EDT 2023 (updated Wed Jun 28 16:20:33 EDT 2023)

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