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Disasters and Big Numbers

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  • Shanghai is 19,648 kilometres from Buenos Aires. (say the number)
    Nineteen thousand six hundred and forty-eight
  • Say this number: 5,500
    five thousand five hundred
  • Say this number: 67,000
    sixty-seven thousand
  • Mount Everest is around 8,850 kilometres high. (say the number)
    Eight thousand eight hundred and fifty
  • A ___________ is a type of weather event characterized by the presence of lightning and thunder, often accompanied by heavy rain, strong winds, and sometimes hail.
    thunderstorm
  • Say this number: 103,570
    One hundred three thousand five hundred and seventy
  • Say this number: 492,000
    four hundred and ninety–two thousand
  • There were __________ in the south of England. The water was 0.9m high.
    flood
  • Hurricane Katrina, a destructive storm in 2005, resulted in more than 1,390 deaths along the U.S. Gulf Coast. (say the number)
    One thousand three hundred and ninety
  • A _________ is a spinning windstorm that comes from a thunderstorm and reaches the ground. It can damage buildings, knock down trees, and even move cars far away.
    tornado
  • An ________ is the shaking of the surface of the Earth.
    earthquake
  • A __________ occurs when hot materials such as lava, dust, rocks, and gas are thrown out of a volcano.
    volcanic eruption
  • The Aceh tsunami and earthquake (with a magnitude of 9.2 on the Richter scale) in 2004 caused a death toll of up to 280,000. (say the number)
    Two hundred eighty thousand
  • A _________ is a period of time when an area or region experiences the lack of water in streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
    drought
  • A __________ is a series of fast-moving waves in the ocean caused by powerful earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides.
    tsunami
  • With roughly 18.5 million hectares of Canadian land burned, there was a terrible ________ in Canada last year.
    forest fire
  • Say this number: 7,631,000
    Seven million six hundred and thirty-one thousand
  • Say this number: 4,500,000
    four million five hundred thousand
  • Say this number: 357
    three hundred and fifty–seven
  • Cyclone Gabrielle caused about 850,000 landslides in New Zealand. (say the number)
    Eight hundred and fifty thousand