A ... is a period of time when an area or region experiences the lack of water in streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
drought
An ... is the shaking of the surface of the Earth.
earthquake
A ... is a widespread lack of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies.
famine
A ... is the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat, light, and smoke.
fire
A ... is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.
flood
A ... is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters.
hurricane
A ... is the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
landslide
A ... is a vertical funnel of rapidly spinning air.
tornado
A ... is a series of fast-moving waves in the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides...
tsunami
A ... occurs when hot materials such as lava, dust, rocks, and gas are thrown out of a volcano.
volcanic eruption
There was a potato ... in Ireland, people had nothing to eat and about 1 million people died.
famine
The potato famine which was in Ireland was from 1845 to ...
1891
1864
1870
1852
There were ... in the south of England. The water was 0.9m high.
floods
The floods which were in the south of England happened in ...
1850
1952
1939
2007
There was a terrible ... in Portugal. Many houses and shops burned in Lisbon.
fire
The Chiado's fire in Portugal happened in ...
1991
1990
1989
1988
