Disasters Flashcards

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1
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une catastrophe naturelle

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a natural disaster

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une catastrophe climatique

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a climate-related disaster

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une catastrophe causée par l’homme

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a man-made disaster

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4
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une catastrophe aérienne

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an air disaster

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5
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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 deraillement

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a derailment

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dérailler

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to derail

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un naufrage

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a shipwreck

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couler

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to sink

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12
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être déclaré zone sinistrée

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to be declared a disaster aera

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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

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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 violants

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strong winds

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souffler à plus de 160 km/h

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to blow at 100 miles per hour

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un tornade, un cyclone, un typhon, la mousson

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a tornado,a cyclone, a typhoon, monsoon

21
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la secheresse

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drought

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un incendie de foret

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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 eruption

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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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a earthquake

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un tremblement de terre de 7,8 sur l’echelle de richter

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an earthquake measuring 7,8 on richter scale

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une replique

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an aftershock

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un raz de marée, un tsunami

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a tidal wave, 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