3. Complete the sentences with the correct word from the box. avalanche, drought, flood, hurricane, landslide, volcano,
forest fire, famine, disease
1)
have been burning for three weeks in Indonesia and have destroyed
thousands of hectares of forest.
2) One of the most infectious
is Ebola, which kills its victims extremely
quickly
3) The harvest in Afghanistan has failed for three years because of a terrible
which has affected most of the country.
4) Bangladesh is regularly hit by
caused by heavy rain in the monsoon
period.
5) The small island of Montserrat in the Caribbean was almost destructed by a
which erupted a few years ago.
6) Three sciers were killed yesterday by an
in a Swiss mountain resort.
7) A district of the capital of El Salvador was destructed by a
because of
heavy rain and the cutting of trees.
8) The
in this part of Africa has been caused by drought, harvest failure
and the civil war.
9) A
hit the coast of Florida yesterday and people were evacuated.