Severe weather and natural disasters

Following on from last time, let’s see what vocabulary we’d need if the weather got a little rougher.

  • storm: طوفان (ṭūfān)
  • thunderstorm: طوفان تندری (ṭūfān-i tundarī) OR طوفان رعد و برق (ṭūfān-i raʿd-o-barq)

    • thunder: تندر (tundar) OR رعد (raʿd)
    • lightning: برق (barq) OR آذرخش (āżarakhsh) OR صاعقه (ṣāʿiqah)
  • monsoon: موسم بارندگی (mawsam bārandagī, “seasonal rainfall”)
  • flood: سیل (sayl)
  • tornado: گردباد (gardbād)
  • blizzard: کولاک (kūlāk)
  • hurricane (tropical cyclone): طوفان (ṭūfān) OR تندباد (tundbād)
  • sandstorm: طوفان شن (ṭūfān-i shin)
  • drought: خشکی (khushkī)
  • volcano: آتش‌فشان (ātish-fishān)

    • volcanic eruption: فوران آتش‌فشان (fūrān-i ātish-fishān)
  • earthquake: زلزله (zilzilah) OR زمین‌لرزه (zamīn-larzah)
  • tsunami: سونامی (sūnāmī)
  • avalanche: بهمن (bahman)
  • landslide: زمین لغزش (zamīn-laghzish)
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