Flood of 1927

Σοφία Τραμπακοπούλου​

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​Natural disasters

vocabulary​

​What is a natural disaster?

​Catastrophe, phenomenon are synonyms for the term "natural disaster"

According to Oxford dictionary, a natural disaster is a natural event that causes great damage or loss of life.​

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​Did you also know that the synonyms for "natural disaster" are of Greek origin?

Multiple Choice

What is a sudden violent shaking of the ground called?

• flood

• earthquake

• hurricane

• landslide

​ 5 interesting facts about earthquakes:

• Half a million occur per year.

• The Pacific Ocean is the root of most earthquakes.

• Standing water smells before an earthquake.

• Largest recorded earthquake was a magnitude 9.5.

• ​Antarctica has faced the least earthquakes.

  What does "magnitude" mean?

​Did you know that ...

​Some interesting information: Every second a large hurricane releases the energy of 10 atomic bombs.

​the largest hurricane death toll on record is the Bangladesh Cyclone of 1970 when 500,000 people lost their lives?

​The "eye" is the centre of a hurricane.

Multiple Choice

A mass of snow, ice,and rocks falling rapidly down a mountain slope is a/an

• avalanche

• blizzard

• landslide

• overcast

Multiple Choice

The sliding of a mass of loosened rocks or earth down a hillside or slope is calles a/an ...

• drought

• landslide

• avalanche

• thunderstorm

​The largest landslide in Earth's history recorded was connected with the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helen's volcano in Washington state USA.

​Synonyms for "landslide" are : rockslide, mudslide,

earthfall

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Multiple Choice

An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits , especially over what is normally dry land is called (a/an ) ...

• storm

• flood

• mist

• typhoon

​90% of all natural disasters involve flooding.

​You should not swim in flood waters. Water contains germs which can cause diseases.

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​The biggest flood ever took place in Mississippi in 1927. 27,000 square miles flooded over seven states resulting in a death toll of 246.

Asian countries are most at risk from rising water levels.​

The word tsunami is composed of the japanese words "tsu" (which means "harbour") and "nami" (which means "wave​").

​Another word for tsunami is "tidal wave".