PRESENTATION PRESENTATION OF NATURAL OF NATURAL

DISASTERSDISASTERS

DROUGHTDROUGHT

A disaster when there is no A disaster when there is no rain for a long timerain for a long time

MUDSLIDEMUDSLIDE

A disaster in which hills become too wet and the soil

moves

EMERGENCY SHELTEREMERGENCY SHELTER

A place where people can sleep in A place where people can sleep in an emergencyan emergency

FLOODFLOOD

A lot of waterA lot of water

DAMDAM

It isIt is a barrier that improunds a barrier that improunds water or underground streamswater or underground streams

FAMINEFAMINE

A disaster when there is no A disaster when there is no foodfood

EVACUATIONEVACUATION

The act of making people leave The act of making people leave place because of dangerplace because of danger

BLIZZARDBLIZZARD

A very bad snowstormA very bad snowstorm

TSUNAMITSUNAMI

A big wave that can destroy towns A big wave that can destroy towns near the seanear the sea

AFTERSHOCKAFTERSHOCK

A small earthquake after a larger A small earthquake after a larger oneone

AVALANCHEAVALANCHE

A disaster in which snow and ice A disaster in which snow and ice move quickly down a mountainmove quickly down a mountain

RAINRAIN

A liquid precipitationA liquid precipitation

CYCLONECYCLONE

It is an area of closed, circular fluid It is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same motion rotating in the same

direction as the Earthdirection as the Earth

HEAT WAVEHEAT WAVE

It is a prolonged period of It is a prolonged period of excessively hot weatherexcessively hot weather

HAILHAIL

It is a form of solid precipitation It is a form of solid precipitation which consists of balls of icewhich consists of balls of ice

TORNADOTORNADO

It is a violent, dangerous rotating It is a violent, dangerous rotating column of aircolumn of air

SNOWSNOW

It is a type of precipitation in the It is a type of precipitation in the form of water iceform of water ice

HURRICANEHURRICANE

It is a storm system that It is a storm system that produce strong winds and produce strong winds and

heavy rainheavy rain

MONSOONMONSOON

It is a seasonal reversing wind It is a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by seasonal changesaccompanied by seasonal changes

in precipitationin precipitation

VOLCANOVOLCANO

It is an opening in the surface It is an opening in the surface which allows hot magma and which allows hot magma and

volcanic ashvolcanic ash

TWISTERTWISTER

It’s like a tornadoIt’s like a tornado

FOGFOG

It is a collection of water It is a collection of water droplets or ice crystals droplets or ice crystals

suspended in the air at or near suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surfacethe Earth's surface

HAILSTORMHAILSTORM

They are rain drops that have They are rain drops that have formed together into iceformed together into ice

WINDWIND

wind consists of the bulk wind consists of the bulk movement of airmovement of air

RAINBOWRAINBOW

is an optical and meteorological is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a phenomenon that causes a

spectrum of light to appear in the spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to sky when the Sun shines on to

droplets of moisture in the Earth's droplets of moisture in the Earth's

atmosphereatmosphere

FOREST FIREFOREST FIRE

is any uncontrolled fire in is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that combustible vegetation that occurs in the countrysideoccurs in the countryside