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Created by Teacher Tess

Hows the weather in Vietnam?

The Seasons

Springquite warm = mildquite wet = drizzlingvery wet = pouring

Summerquite hot = dryvery hot = boiling, scorching

blue skies

Autumn / Fallquite cold = chillyquite wet = drizzling

windy

Wintervery cold = freezing

foggy

Do you think weather patterns are changing?

Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters

Blizzarda severe storm with very cold strong winds and a lot of snow.

Wildfirean uncontrolled fire in a forest or a wooded area

Droughtabnormally dry weather that damages crops and causes wells to dry up

Typhoona strong rainstorm that develops in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean

Hurricanea severe rainstorm that starts over oceans near the West Indies and Caribbean Sea

Tsunamia long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruptions, or underwater explosions

Earthquakea shaking of the Earths surface which can be violent and destructive

The largest earthquakes in historic times have been of magnitude slightly over 9, although there is no limit to the possible magnitude. The most recent large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or larger was a9.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011(as of March 2014), and it was the largest Japanese earthquake since records began.16

Tornado a moving, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds which look like a funnel-shaped cloud

What should you do to prepare for a natural disaster?

Emergency Kit

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