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