Statistics for Types of Natural Disasters

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Starting Letter	Description	Answer	% Correct
V E	A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being erupted from the Earth's crust.	Volcanic Eruption	96%
A	A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.	Avalanche	93%
E	A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction.	Earthquake	91%
T	A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud.	Tornado	90%
B	A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.	Blizzard	88%
F	An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.	Flood	85%
T	A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.	Tsunami	83%
W	A large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.	Wildfire	83%
L	The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.	Landslide	82%
H	Large and swirling storms that form over warm ocean waters.	Hurricane	79%
H	A storm of heavy hail.	Hailstorm	76%
D S	A strong, turbulent wind which carries clouds of fine dust, soil, and sand over a large area.	Dust Storm	75%
D	A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.	Drought	74%
L	The occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash.	Lightning	73%
F F	A sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain.	Flash Flood	71%
I S	A storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.	Ice Storm	71%
M I	A small body of matter from outer space that enters the Earth's atmosphere.	Meteor Impact	71%
H W	A prolonged period of abnormally hot weather.	Heat Wave	70%
T S	A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.	Thunder Storm	70%
F	Extreme scarcity of food.	Famine	67%
S S	A heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.	Snow Storm	65%
S	A cavity in the ground, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.	Sinkhole	53%
S F	A brief eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the Sun's surface.	Solar Flare	38%
L	A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano.	Lahar	25%
H	A hypothetical class of extreme tropical cyclone that could form if sea surface temperatures reached approximately 50 °C.	Hypercane	8%
C B	A sudden violent rainstorm.	Cloud Burst	5%