43. Disasters Flashcards

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Une catastrophe climatique

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A climate-related disaster

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Une catastrophe naturelle

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A natural disaster

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Une catastrophe causé par l’homme

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A man-made disaster

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Une catastrophe aérienne

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An air disaster

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Une collision en plein vol

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A mid-air crash

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Un accident de la route

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A car crash / A car accident

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Entrer en collision avec

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To collide with

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Un déraillement

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A derailment

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Dérailler

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To derail / To be derailed

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Un naufrage

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A shipwreck

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Couler, sombrer

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To sink (sank, sunk)

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Être déclaré zone sinistrée

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To be declared a disaster area

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Être en crue

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To be in spate

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Sortir de son lit

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To overflow / To break one’s banks

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Un orage, une tempête

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A storm

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Un ouragan

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A hurricane

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Des vents violents

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Strong winds

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Souffler à 160 km à l’heure

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To blow at 100 miles per hour

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Une tornade

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A tornado

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Un cyclone

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A cyclone

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Un typhon

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A typhoon

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La mousson

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Monsoon

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Un incendie de forêt

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A forest fire

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Une canicule

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A heat wave

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Une vague de froid

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A cold spell

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Une éruption volcanique

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A volcanic éruption

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Un tremblement de terre

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An earthquake

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Un tremblement de terre de 7,8 sur l’échelle de Richter

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An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale

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Une réplique

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An aftershock

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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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Un tsunami

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A tsunami

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Une avalanche

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An avalanche

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Dévaster

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To devastate

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Être sans abri

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To be homeless

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Prévenir les risques

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To anticipate hazards