Natural Disasters Flashcards

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Et les risques naturels

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And natural hazards

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Désastreux

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Disastrous

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Un drame

Une tragédie

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A tragedy

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Dramatique

Tragique

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Tragic

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Une catastrophe

Un sinistre

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A catastrophe

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Catastrophique

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Catastrophic

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Un cataclysme

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A cataclysm

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Toucher une région

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To affect a region

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Une zone à haut risque

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A high-risk area

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Frapper

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To strike

To hit

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Faire des ravages

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To wreak havoc

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Éviter une catastrophe

Prévenir une catastrophe

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To avert a disaster

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L’étendue du sinistre

L’ampleur du sinistre

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The scope of the disaster

The extent of the disaster

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Très mauvais temps

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Severe weather

Extreme weather

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Prévoir le temps

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To predict the weather

To forecast the weather

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Les prévisions météo

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The weather forecast

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Les dégâts

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Damage

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Abîmer quelque chose

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To damage something

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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage

To cause damage

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Dévaster une région

Ravager une région

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To devastate a region

To ravage a region

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La zone la plus durement frappée

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The worst-hit area

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Etre déclaré zone sinistrée

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To be declared a disaster area

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Déclarer l’état d’urgence

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To declare a state of emergency

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Un sinistré

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A disaster victim

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Faire 25 morts
To claim 25 lives
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Le nombre de victimes | Le bilan
The death toll
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Une victime
A casualty
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Un cadavre
A corpse
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Fuir son domicile
To flee one's home
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Une personne déplacée
A displaced person
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Prévisions
Forecasts
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Avertissements
Warnings
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Météo marine
Shipping forecast
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La sécheresse
Drought
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Une zone frappée par la sécheresse
A drought-stricken area
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Une famine
A famine
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Avoir faim
To be hungry
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La faim
Hunger
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Mourir de soif
To die of thirst
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Mourir de faim
To starve to death
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Risquer de mourir de faim
To be threatened with starvation
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La malnutrition
Malnutrition
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Souffrir de malnutrition
To be malnourished | To be undernourished
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Harceler
Stalking
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How many people died in the famine of 1984 and 1985 in Ethiopia?
1 million
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How many people are risking famine in Ethiopia?
More than 12 million | Half of those under 15
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Effrayant
Chilling
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Blé
Wheat
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Soja
Soybeans
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Écarter
Stave off
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Une vague de froid
A cold spell
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Une canicule
A heat wave
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Une tempête | Un orage
A storm
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Une tornade
A tornado | A twister
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Un ouragan
A hurricane
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Un cyclone
A cyclone
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Un typhon
A typhoon
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Balayer la Thaïlande
To sweep across Thailand
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What was the largest natural disaster in the US ?
Hurricane Katrina 2005 over the Bahamas and reached southern Louisiana 1800 deaths
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Dégâts matériels
Property damage
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Digue
Levee
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Évaluations des dégâts
Damage estimates
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Le tonnerre
Thunder
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Les éclairs | La foudre
Lightning
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Un éclair
A flash of lightning
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De fortes précipitations | Chutes de pluie
heavy rainfall
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Des pluies torrentielles | Des pluies diluviennes
torrential rain
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Une inondation
A flood
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Des inondations
flooding
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Une crue subite
A flash food
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Une zone inondable
A flood-risk area
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Déborder
To overflow
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Un tsunami
A tsunami
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Un raz-de-marée
a tidal wave
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Glissement de terrain
a landslide
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Une coulée de boue
A mudslide
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Une tempête de neige
A snowstorm
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Une avalanche
An avalanche
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La glace | Le verglas
Ice
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Congère
Snowdrift
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Pipe les dés
Loads the dice
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Un tremblement de terre | Un séisme
An earthquake
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Une faille
A fault
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Une ligne de faille
A fault line
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L'épicentre
The epicentre
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Secousse tellurique | Secousse sismique
(Earth) tremor
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L'échelle de Richter
The Richter scale
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De magnitude 6
Of magnitude 6
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Les décombres
Rubble | Debris
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Etre prisonnier sous les décombres | Etre enterré sous les décombres
To be trapped in rubble | To be buried in rubble
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Etre porté disparu
To be reported missing
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Pénurie d'eau potable
The lack of drinking water
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La propagation de maladies
The spread of diseases
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Se propager
To spread
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Risques naturels
Natural hazards
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Décideurs politiques
Policy makers
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Sans tenir compte
Disregard
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Un volcan
A volcano
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Un cratère
A crater
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Entre en éruption
To erupt
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Une éruption
An eruption
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La lave
Lava
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Une coulée de lave
A lava flow
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Les cendres
Ash
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Un incendie
A fire
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Des incendies de forêt
Wildfire
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Feu de brousse
Bush fire
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When did Mount Asama (Japan) erupt?
In September 2004
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se préparer
To brace oneself
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Riches en fusion
Molten rock
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Sauver
To rescue
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Un secouriste | Un sauveteur
A rescuer | A rescue worker
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Une équipe de secours
A rescue party
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Un pompier
A fireman | A firefighter
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Évacuer
To evacuate
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Un évacué
An evacuee
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Etre en sécurité | Etre hors de danger
To be safe
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Sain et sauf
Safe and sound
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Sortir indemne de quelque chose
To escape unscathed To escape unharmed To escape unhurt from something
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Survivre
To survive
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Un survivant | Un rescapé
A survivor
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What is Doctors Without Borders?
It is an NGO | Founded in 1971 by a group of French doctors (Bernard Kouchner)
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Where does Doctors Without Borders budget come from?
80% comes from private donations | 20% supplied by governments and corporations
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What prize did Doctors Without Borders win?
It was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999
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Une ONG
An NGO
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Une organisation caritative
A charity | A charitable organization
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Une organisation humanitaire
A relief agency | A relief organization
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Un travailleur humanitaire
A relief worker
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Aide humanitaire | Assistance humanitaire
Humanitarian aid | Humanitarian assistance
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Secours | Aide d'urgence
Emergency aid Emergency relief Emergency assistance
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Aide alimentaire
Food aid
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Fournir de l'aide
To provide aid | To supply aid
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Assurer quelque chose
To insure something
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Un assureur
An insurer
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Une compagnie d'assurances
An insurance company
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Une indemnité | Des indemnités
Compensation
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Indemniser quelqu'un de quelque chose
To compensate somebody for something
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Se faire indemniser
To get compensation | To get reimbursed
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Le principe de précaution
The precautionary principle | The safety-first principle