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NATURAL DISASTERS
- Tornado
- a very strong windstorm that usually forms over land, and looks like a spinning funnel coming from a
dark cloud. It usually has little rain.
- Blizzard
- a severe storm with very cold strong winds and a lot of snow, most common in the western U.S.
- Cyclone
- an area of low pressure surrounding by strong blowing winds that cause storms. Hurricanes and
typhoons are kinds of cyclones.
- Drought
- : abnormally dry weather that damages crops and causes reservoirs and wells to dry up
- Earthquake
- a shaking of the Earth’s surface. Earthquakes happen when energy stored in the rocky layer under
Earth’s surface is released in waves.
- Volcano
- a mountain or hill formed by the build-up of ash and lava through one or more openings (or vents) in
the surface of the earth.
- Typhoon
- a type of cyclone that starts over the northwestern Pacific Ocean
- Twister
- an informal term for tornado.
- Tsunami
- a huge wave caused by an earthquake, volcanoes or landslides under an ocean or sea. 10 Twister
- Forest Fire
- also called “wildland fires” are spread by the transfer of heat in grass, brush, shrubs, and trees.
- Tropical Storm
- a strong rainstorm (not as violent as a hurricane) that starts over oceans and seas near the equator.
- Hurricane
- a severe rainstorm that is actually a type of cyclone. It starts over oceans near the equator,
especially near the West Indies, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.