Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

Übersicht / overview

	Naturkatastrophen {pl}	Natural disasters

	Erdbeben {n}	earthquake
	Erdstoß {m}	earth tremor
	Epizentrum {n}	epicentre [Br.]; epicenter [Am.]
	Richter-Skala {f}	Richter scale
	Seismograf {m}	seismograph
	Seismologie {f}	seismology

	Vulkan {m}	vulcan; volcano
	Vulkanausbruch {m}	volcanic eruption
	Krater {m}	crater
	Lava {f}	lava
	Magma {f}	magma
	Asche {f}	ash

	Sturm {m}	gale; storm
	Orkan {m}; Hurrikan {m}	hurricane
	Schneesturm {m}; Blizzard {m}	blizzard
	Taifun {m}	typhoon
	Tornado {m}	tornado
	Wirbelsturm {m}	cyclone
	Wirbelwind {m}	whirlwind
	Zyklon {m}	cyclone

	Überschwemmung {f}; Hochwasser {n}	flood; floods; high water
	Flutkatastrophe {f}	flood disaster
	Flutwelle {f}	tidal wave
	über die Ufer treten	to burst its banks
	flussabwärts; stromabwärts {adj}	downstream
	flussaufwärts; stromaufwärts {adj}	upstream
	Strudel {m}	whirlpool
	Dammbruch {m}	breach in a dam; collapse of an embankment
	Sandsack {n}	sandbag

	Unwetter {n}; Gewitter {n}	thunder-storm; storm
	Hagelschauer {m}	hailstorm
	Wolkenbruch {m}; Platzregen {m}	cloudburst
	Erdrutsch {m}	landslide; landslip; slip
	Steinschlag {m}	rockfall
	Lawine {f}	avalanche
	Waldbrand {m}	forest fire

	Katastrophenalarm {m}	disaster alert; emergency alert
	Katastrophengebiet {n}	disaster area
	Katastrophenschutz {m} (Organisation)	emergency services
	Katastrophenschutz {m}; Katastrophenschutzmaßnahmen {pl}	emergency procedures
	Feuerwehr {f}	fire brigade
	Krisenmanagement {n}	crisis management
	Krisenstab {m}	crisis team
	Notunterkunft {f}	emergency shelter
	Hilfsmaßnahmen {pl}; Abhilfemaßnahmen {pl}	remedial action; remedial measures
	Notstromversorgung {f}	emergency power supply
	Evakuierung {f}	evacuation
	evakuieren	to evacuate
Übersicht / overview

© Frank Richter, 1995 - 2012

Naturkatastrophen {pl}

Natural disasters