Types of Natural Disasters

You have 2 minutes to identify the types of natural disaster based on the definition and letter they start with. Good luck.

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Starting Letter	Description	Answer
S	A cavity in the ground, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.	Sinkhole
D	A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.	Drought
E	A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.	Earthquake
W	A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.	Wildfire
T	A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud.	Tornado
I S	A storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.	Ice Storm

Starting Letter	Description	Answer
H	A hypothetical class of extreme tropical cyclone that could form if sea surface temperatures reached approximately 50 °C.	Hypercane
A	A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.	Avalanche
V E	A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being erupted from the Earth's crust.	Volcanic Eruption
L	The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.	Landslide
F F	A sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain.	Flash Flood
C B	A sudden violent rainstorm.	Cloud Burst