Disasters Flashcards by lucas marx

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Une catasteophe 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 causée 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 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

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Un naufrage

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A shipwreck

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Couler, sombrer

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To sink

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Etre declaré 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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Etre 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 violent

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Strong winds

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Souffler a 160km/h

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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 secheresse

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Drought

Un incendie de foret

A forest fire

Une canicule

A heat wave

Une vague de froid

A cold spell

Une etuption volcanique

A volcanic eruption

Un glissement de terrain

A landslide

Un tremblement de terre

An earthquake

Un tremblement de terre de 2.3 sur l'echelle de Richter

An earthquake measuring 2,3 on the Richter scale

Une réplique

An aftershock

Un raz-de-marée

A tidal wave

Un tsunami

A tsunami

Une avalanche

An avalanche

Devaster

To devastate

Etre sans abri

To be homeless

Prevenir les risques

To anticipate hazards