IV. Complete the sentences with these words: avalanche, evacuation, blizzard, explosion, disaster, flood, drought, lightning, eruption, tsunami. 1. The soldiers have been deployed to help avert a looming environmental ____________________ in central provinces. 2. When I was outside in the __________________________, I couldn't see more than a few feet in front of me because of all the snow. 3. Mum went shopping yesterday afternoon and she was very frightened. In the car park, there was an __________________________ and nobody knew what it was. 4. I saw on TV that yesterday there was an ____________________________ on an island in the Pacific and hot lava came down the volcano. 5. My little sister is afraid of __________________, so when there is a bad storm she always hides. 6. Last Sunday we wanted to go skiing, but we couldn't because in the mountains there was an __________________________. 7. A powerful earthquake off the coast of Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high _______________________ killed at least 113 people. 8. If there is a bad ____ in a town, the people have to travel by boat! 9. After the harshest winter in decades, the western region is now facing its hottest summer and the worst ___________________________ across the area in nearly 40 years. 10. People should become familiar with the guidelines for ____________________________ because natural disasters can force them to leave their homes.