Spanish 3H

Natural Diasters

¿Qué desastre hubo?

What disaster was there?

Hubo

There was/ were (events)

un desastre

disaster

un huracán

hurricane

una inundación

flood

un incendio

fire

un terremoto

earthquake

un aguacero

rain storm

una tormenta

storm

un tornado

tornado

una explosión

explosion

una tormenta de nieve

blizzard (snow storm)

¿Qué había durante el evento?

What was there during the event?

Había

There was/ were (descriptions of events)

destrucción

destruction

caos

chaos

escombros

debris

humo

smoke

nieve

snow

agua

water

llamas

flames

¿Qué tiempo hacía durante el evento?

What was the weather?

hacía sol

It was sunny

hacía frío

It was cold

hacía calor

It was hot

hacía viento

It was windy

hacía fresco

It was cool

hacía buen/mal tiempo

It was good/bad weather

estaba nublado

It was cloudy

estaba lloviendo

it was raining/ it rained

estaba nevando

It was snowing/ it snowed

hubo truenos

There was thunder

hubo relámpagos

There was lightning

¿Quiénes llegaron al desastre?

Who arrived at the disaster?

los bomberos

firefighters

los paramédicos

paramedics

los rescatistas

rescuers

¿Qué eventos ocurrieron?

What events occurred?

ocurrió

it occurred

comenzó/empezó

it began

temblar

to shake

rescatar

to rescue

apagar

to put out

tratar de

to try to

bajar

to go down

subir

to go up/climb

gritar

to yell

derrumbarse (se derrumbó/se derrumbaron)

to collapse

oír (oyó/oyeron)

to hear

destruir (destruyó)

to destroy

morir (murió/murieron)

to die

escaparse (se escapó/se escaparon)

to escape

esconderse (se escondió/se escondieron)

to hide

lastimarse (se lastimó/se lastimaron)

to get hurt

reconstruir (reconstruyó/reconstruyeron)

to rebuild

hubo heridos, -as

there were wounded people

hubo muertos

there were deaths

la escalera

stairs/ladder

los muebles

furniture

la calle

street

a causa de

because of

afortunadamente

fortunately

desafortunadamente

unfortunately

de prisa

quickly

de repente

suddenly

mientras

while