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Natural Disasters

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  • A widespread scarcity of food. (no food available)
    famine
  • An outbreak of a contractible disease that spreads through a human population
    Epidemic or pandemic
  • A period of unusually and excessively hot weather
    Heat wave
  • Too much rain in an area
    flood
  • When soil on a mountain slope breaks off
    landslide
  • The same as a landslide but in snow
    avalanche
  • Often started by lightning or drought
    Fire
  • When lava explodes out of the earth.
    volcanic eruption
  • A period of no or very little rain.
    Drought