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What is a hurricane?
A strong storm that starts
over the ocean. |
What is a flood?
A natural disaster that can be caused by rain or melting snow.
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What is a wild fire?
A natural disaster that burns large areas of land.
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What is an earthquake?
This happens when the Earth’s plates rub together.
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What is the eye?
The calm area inside a hurricane.
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What is a flash flood?
A type of flood that comes very quickly.
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What is a firefighter?
A person who puts out fires.
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What is an aftershock?
A smaller earthquake that happens after the main quake.
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What is a category 5?
This type of hurricane has the strongest winds.
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What is a river?
This is what overfl ows as a result of too much rain.
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What is a helicopter?
This can drop water over a fire from the air.
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What is the Richter Scale?
A scale that measures an earthquake.
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What is Hurricane Katrina?
A hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast in 2005.
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What is a sandbag?
Something people use to stop water.
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What is a camp fire?
This can start a wildfire if people don’t put it out.
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What is a table?
The safest place to be during an earthquake is under this.
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