natural disasters
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| avalanche | a large amount of snow and ice that suddenly falls down a mountain
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| blizzard | a storm with a lot of snow and strong winds
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| drought | a long period of dry and usually hot weather when there is little or no rain, which ruins crops
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| black ice | a layer of ice on a road that is difficult to see and that is very slippery
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| flood | a large amount of water that covers an area or fills buildings
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| hurricane | a violent storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain
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| lightning | a flash of electricity in the sky
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| storm | an occasion when a lot of rain falls very quickly, often with very strong winds or thunder andlightning
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| thunder | the loud noise that you hear in the sky during a storm
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| tornado | a very strong wind that quickly spins
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| freezing rain | precipitation which falls as rain and then freezes when it hits objects and surfaces on the ground, whose temperature is below freezing
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| hoar frost | frozen water vapour in the form of ice crystals, which form on vegetation or any other object or surface with temperatures below the freezing point
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| wildfire | a fire that starts in an area of countryside and spreads very quickly
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| heatwave | a continuous period of very hot weather, especially when this is unusual
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| ice storm | a winter storm caused by freezing rain, which results in at least 6.4 mm of ice coating on objects and surfaces
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| thunderstorm | a storm with thunder,lightning, heavy rain or hail
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