Natural disasters (Starlight 11)

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Use the words from the crossword to complete the sentences

1. Last night volcano Maui ___________ and the hot ___________ poured downhill. Since there are two villages located at the foot of the volcano, the local population was ___________.

2. The devastation caused by superstorm Sandy, particularly in New York and New Jersey, is tragic, but the ___________ has at least put climate change back on the map.

3. After the harshest winter in decades, the Balkans region in the southeast of Europe is now facing its hottest summer and the worst _________ across the area in nearly 40 years.

4. A powerful ____________ off the coast of Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high ______________that killed at least 113 people.

5. A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing today, adding to a growing death toll from China's worst _________ season in a decade.

6. This summer a dozen ____________, which are more common in the US, have hit Europe. The twister which swept through Poland yesterday flattened more than 400 hectares of woodland in the area.

7. The US navy has been deployed to help avert a looming environmental __________ in the Gulf of Mexico.

The answer key:

a) the crossword puzzle

b) gap-fill

1. erupted; lava; evacuated

2. hurricane

3. drought

4. earthquake; tsunami

5. flood

6. tornadoes

7. disaster