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abatre
to knock down
affligé
distressed
anéantir
to annihilate
angoisse/f
distress
arracher
to uproot
atteint/e
affected
avertissement/m
warning
boîte noire /f
black box
brasier/m
inferno
broyer
to crush
cadavre/m
corpse
carambolage/m
pile-up
catastrophe naturelle/f
natural disaster
cauchemar/m
nightmare
les condoléances/fpl
sympathy
coulée de boue/f
mud slide
couler
to sink
coupure de courant/f
power cut
déblayage/m
clearing up
déflagration/f
explosion
défoncer
to smash in
dégager
to free
les dégats/mpl
damage
destructeur/destructrice
destructive
détruire
to destroy
dévasté/e
devastated
diluvien/ne
torrential
disette/f
food shortage
écraser
to squash/crush
s'effondrer
to collapse
ensevelir
to bury
épauler
to back up/support
épave/f
wreck
erreur humaine/f
human error
éruption/f
outbreak
évacuer
to evacuate
funèbre
gloomy, dismal
gravats/mpls
rubble/small pieces
grièvement
seriously
heurter
to strike
hospitaliser
to take to hospital
incendie/f
fire
indemne
unhurt
inondation/f
flood
naufrage/m
shipwreck
navrant/e
heartbreaking
percuter (contre)
to crash into
périr
to perish
ravager
to devastate
règles de sécurité /fpl
safety rules
repêcher
to recover the bodies
rescapé/e
survivor
rude
harsh/severe
sain(e) et sauf (ve)
safe and sound
sauvetage/m
rescue
sauveteur/m
rescurer
sécheresse/f
drought
secousse/f
shock
séisme/m
earthquake
sinistre/m
disaster
sinistré/e
disaster-stricken/victim
sombrer
to sink
touché/e par
to be affected by
tragédie/f
tragedy
tremblement de terre/m
earthquake
victime/f
victim
vivant/e
alive
zone sinistrée /f
disaster area
provoquer la mort
to cause the death
d'après les chiffres
according to the latest figures
dèpêcher sur les lieux
to dispatch to the scene
travailler sans relâche
to work without stop
lancer un appel d'urgence
to launch an emergency appeal
déclarer l'état d'urgence
to declare a state of emergency
le bilan provisoire
the provisional death toll
le bilan définitif
the final death toll
ravagé par
laid to waste
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