Types of Natural Disasters (4C Sol.PreInter)

​​Vocabulary
-with pictures and Vietnamese translations

Avalanche: trận tuyết lở

• a large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down

the side of a mountain

Drought: hạn hán

• a long period when there is little or no rain:

Earthquake: động đất

​a sudden violent movement of the earth's surface, sometimes causing great damage

Famine: nạn đói

​is a widespread condition in which many people in a country or region are unable to access enough food supplies.

Tornado: lốc xoáy

​A violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm.

mudslide: lở đất

​a large amount of wet dirt that moves down a hill or mountain and that can cause a lot of death and destruction

flood: lũ lụt

​An overflow of water onto normally dry land.

Forest fire: Cháy rừng

​a fire burning in an area of land with many trees, is difficult to control and sometimes spreads quickly

tsunami: sóng thần

a very large and dangerous ocean
wave that is caused by
an earthquake under the sea

Volcanic eruption: Sự phun trào núi lửa

​is when gas and/or lava are released from a volcano—sometimes explosively.

epidemic: đại dịch

​a disease that exists in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals or plants