Matching: Natural Disasters
Match each of the words with a definition.
____ 1. drought
____ 2. mudslide
____ 3. emergency shelter
____ 4. flood
____ 5. famine
____ 6. evacuation
____ 7. blizzard
____ 8. tsunami
____ 9. aftershock
____ 10. avalanche
- the act of making people leave a place because of danger
- a place where people can sleep in an emergency
- a big wave that can destroy towns near the sea
- a disaster when there is no rain for a long time
- a very bad snowstorm
- a disaster when there is no food
- a disaster in which snow and ice move quickly down a mountain
- a lot of water
- a disaster in which hills become too wet and the soil moves
- a small earthquake after a larger one