1.assistance   2.damage   3.tsunami   4.officials   5.properly   6.debris 

 7.weather bureau   8.warnings   9.ash   10.emergency   11.climate changes   12.rainstorm

1. Due to the high loss of both human lives and property, the Government of Vietnam issued an appeal for international ______assistance__________.
2. Serious floods caused loss of human lives, as well as significant material ___damage______.
3. On March 23,2011, Japan suffered a huge ______tsunami______ caused by an earthquake.
4. Local people asked weather ______officials_______ to issue an hourly update for the disaster.
5. Natural disasters can also result in the tremendous destruction of _____property_____ , and financial loss.
6. Avalanche is a large body of snow, ice or rock and ____debris______ sliding down a mountain.
7. According to the Philippines ____weather bureau_____ , within the next 24h Parma could develop into a super typhoon.
8. The National Hurricane Center issues ____warnings_________ , forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather.
9. When volcanoes erupt, clouds of ____ash_______ cover plants making them incredible.
10. One June 9, authorities in Ninh Thuan Province declared a drought ___emergency____ for the first time after five months of lacking rains.
11. ____climate changes______ such as El Nino can also have a dramatic effect on the risk of wildfires.
12. A powerful _____rainstorm______ in Ha Noi that lasted one hour on wednesday afternoon left three people dead, and caused power outages and minor flooding in many streets.