Natural disasters

Can YOU name any natural disasters?

Vocabulary• Floods

• Tornados

• Hurricanes

• Volcanic eruptions

• Earthquakes

• Heat waves

• Tsunamis

• Blizzards

• Droughts

• Monsoons

What type of natural disasters happen in

Spain?

Now we will watch a clip from a movie

called Twister!

Questions1. What are the people chasing the twister called?

2. What are the effects of the twister on the town in the film?

3. Do you think they are safe or dangerous? Why?

4. What services are helping the people of the town?

5. Do you think that the twister warnings are important? Why?

6. Would you like to be a twister chaser?

Effects of natural disasters• Loss of life (death)

• Destruction

• Casualties (injuries)

• Devastation

• Damage

• Homeless

• What would you do if a tornado or a flood stuck your area?

• Have you ever experienced a natural disaster before? Tell me

about it!