What type of disaster from the list in A opposite are these sentences about? Why?
- The lava flow destroyed three villages. Volcano - lava is the hot liquid rock from the mountain
- The aftershock struck at 3.35 pm local time.
- People had boarded up shops and houses during the day before, and stayed indoors.
- Gunfire could be heard all over the town.
- Witnesses said they saw a fireball fall out of the sky.
- People had to stay on the upper floors and sometimes on the roofs of their homes.
- The earth is cracked and vegetation has dried up.
- They quite often happen in this area of the mountains and it can take some time for the roads to be cleared, especially if trees have been brought down too.
Possible Answer
- Earthquake - an aftershock is a trembling movement of the earth that can happen after an earthquake. Note how disasters of various kinds can strike, e.g. The hurricane struck the coastline at noon.
- Hurricane / typhoon / tornado / tropical storm / violent storm / wind - if you board up your house you cover the windows and doors with wooden boards to protect them.
- War or a battle of some kind - gunfire refers to the sound of guns being used.
- Probably a plane crash - people who witness such accidents or incidents often describe the explosion as a fireball or ball of fire.
- Probably a flood - if your house is flooded, the natural thing to do is to go to the upper floor(s) or the roof to escape the water.
- Drought - if the plants and trees are dried up, they are probably dying because they have no water, and since the earth is cracked [hard, with a pattern of deep lines over it], it suggests it is very dry.
- Probably landslides - these happen in mountain areas, they can carry trees and other vegetation with them and one of the problems they can cause is making roads impassable until they can be cleared.
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