Natural Disaster Vocabulary

In active state but having the ability to be active sometime in the future.

• active

• dormant

• dominant

• activate

A large destructive ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake.

• landslide

• mudslide

• flood

• tsunami

To help someone or something escape from a dangerous, harmful or difficult situation.

• rescue

• survive

• injured

• victim

An organization which collects money and other voluntary contribution in order to help people in need

• compassion fatigue

• donation

• charity

• compassion

a long period of extremely dry weather when not enough rain falls for crops to grow successfully

• summer

• flood

• drought

• cyclone

A fire in an area of __________, or in a wild, uncultivated area in places like Australia that spreads quickly and gets out of control.

• forest

• ocean

• mall

• village

There have been some _________ as a result of the bombing but the exact number is not known.

• people

• children

• fatalities

• commotion

a violent storm with very strong winds, usually originating in the Western Atlantic Ocean

• typhoon

• hurricane

• earthquake

• tornado

A mass of mud moving down a slope, often destroying buildings and killing people at the bottom.

• avalanche

• landslide

• mudslide

• flood

A violent tropical storm in which strong winds move very fast in a circle.

• tornado

• typhoon

• twister

• cyclone