Severe weather and natural disasters

Following on from last time, let’s see what vocabulary we’d need if the weather got a little rougher.

• storm: fırtına
• thunderstorm: sağanak
  
  • thunder: gök gürültüsü
  • lightning: yıldırım OR şimşek
    
• monsoon: muson
  
• flood: sel
  
• tornado: hortum
  
• blizzard: tipi OR kar fırtınası (snow storm)
  
• hurricane (tropical cyclone): kasırga
• sandstorm: kum fırtınası
• drought: kuraklık OR kıtlık
  
• volcano: yanardağ OR volkan
  • volcanic eruption: volkanik püskürme
• earthquake: deprem OR zelzele
• tsunami: tsunami
  
• avalanche: çığ
  
• landslide: heyelan
  

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