Disasters

1 ____ 4.17am local time on February 6th, 2023, an earthquake struck west of the city of Gaziantep in southern Turkey close to the Syrian border.

2 Its ____ was at least 7.8.

Together with a similar event in 1939, it was_____ earthquake ever recorded on Turkish soil.

3 There were 243 _____, including one nine hours later which registered as a magnitude of 7.5, almost equal to the initial quake.

The event caused massive _____ of properties and infrastructure across Turkey and Syria.

The structural ____ was reported as far away as Israel and Cyprus.

Lots of countries offered their humanitarian_____ to rescue people.

Hundreds of ____ were trapped under ruined buildings.

Thousands of people were left without shelter and were _____ to safer area.

10 Practical aid included___ teams, equipment and vital supplies.

_____ of the earthquake were supplied with all needed- food, clothes, medicine.

Fifteen organizations are working together to form a _______ Committee to help the people of both countries.

We cannot stop earthqake, but we can do things to make sure they do not _______ the whole countries and cities.

Did we bring enough _________ in case of an emergency?

The ash and smoke from the __________ was visible from miles away.

The shaking was violent, but the __________ ended quickly.

The firefighters began to _________ the survivors.

A blizzard is ___

An avalanche occurs ___

A _________ is a large wave of water that usually follows an earthquake near a coastal area.