Natural Disasters - EC 3 - 12

Natural disaster

Badai = hit

… was hit by Hurricane Calvin.

… was hit by severe thunderstorms.

… was later hit by a freak hailstorm.

Air (hujan, banjir), angin kuat = damage

Many homes were damaged by heavy rains and strong winds.

… were damaged by flash floods.

… was badly damaged by tornado.

Api = destroy

Forest were completely destroyed by catastrophic wildfires.

…were partially destroyed by ..

Petir, hujan es, gempa = strike

Trees were struck by lightning.

Cars were struck by hailstones.

A town was struck by a minor earthquake.

Electric power was temporarily disrupted.

.. was delayed by heavy rains, thunder, and lightning.

… was rescued by emergency workers.

No one was seriously injured by the tornado or the storm.

Aftershocks were felt in …

No serious injuries were reported.

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Disaster

Freak hailstorm = berat

Heavy rain = deras

Minor earthquake = ringan

Flash flood = bandang

Catastrophic wildfire = melalap habis

We suspect some fires were caused by careless campers.

They believe other fires started when trees were struck by lightning.

A building was damaged by lightning. = rusak

A building was destroyed by lightning. = hancur

A building was struct by lightning. = diserang serangan

A building was hit by lightning. = disambar

Not injured

Terganggu – mengalami gangguan

Electrical power was disrupted by an ice storm yesterday.

Traffic was disrupted by an ice storm yesterday.

Telephone service was disrupted by an ice storm yesterday.

Train service was disrupted by an ice storm yesterday.

Not shopping mall – was damaged

Luka kecelakaan

Two people were seriously injured.

Two people were critically injured.

Two people were severely injured.

Two people were slightly injured.

Not partially

Dilanda

The village was struck by an earthquake. The earthquake measured 4.9 on the Richter scale.

The village was struck by lightning.

The village was struck by hurricane.

The village was struck by hailstones.

Not rain – destroy

Freak accident = kecelakaan keras

Heavy traffic = kepadatan lalulintas

Major earthquake = gempa besar

Minor injuries = luka-luka ringan