NATURAL DISASTERS

Explore natural disasters! Learn vocabulary and test your knowledge on floods, earthquakes, and more.

2 Look at the headings and photos in the article and match words with definitions. a drought no rain for a long time an earthquake when the ground shakes and cracks appear a flood a lot of water on land that is normally dry a hurricane an extremely strong wind a tsunami a huge wave a volcano a mountain that can explode and send out hot rocks 1 400 people died when the Yellow River flooded in 1931.Four million people died when the Yellow Riverflooded in 1931. 3 Read the article and correct the sentences. 2 Ying believes that the Chinese government can control the Yellow River. 3 There probably won’t be a major earthquake in San Francisco before 2050. 4 Mount Vesuvius is an extinct volcano. 5 The biggest problem in Texas at the moment is flooding.