Volcanic eruption извержение вулкана

10. landslide | landfall | landslip (British English) | mudslide [countable] a sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down the side of a cliff, hill, mountain etc обвал, оползень: There were also a number of landslides in the area. | Small communities in Idaho were cut off when highways were closed by landslides or flooding. | Areas threatened by landslides and floods are being identified and rezoned to prevent later devastation. | Most of the deaths were caused by landslides and collapsing buildings. | Roads were flooded or blocked by landslips. | Five homes there were evacuated because of mudslides. | Some mudslides were reported throughout the region, blocking part of a river and causing some flooding.

to cause / trigger (off) a landslide / landslip / mudslide: Flooding caused landslides and serious property damage. | Torrential rains caused a massive mudslide. | Initial rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of heavy equipment and by landslides triggered by the initial earthquake.

11. avalanche [countable] a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that suddenly falls down the side of a mountain лавина, обвал: Two skiers were killed in the avalanche. | The original station in the open was destroyed by an avalanche with the loss of thirty-five lives in 1964. | Eventually he is killed by an Alpine avalanche.

12. storm [countable] a period of very bad weather when there is a lot of rain or snow, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning буря, гроза; ураган; шторм: The forecast says there will be storms. | The Spanish ships were wrecked in the storm. | A lot of trees were blown down in the recent storms. | They're still clearing up the storm damage.

a storm brews / gathers собирается буря: There was a storm brewing on the horizon. | There's a storm brewing in the Pacific. | A storm was gathering.

a storm breaks / unleashes itself it suddenly begins буря поднимается / начинается / разражается: The storm broke at five o'clock. | A violent storm broke just as we reached the mountain. | That very night a fierce storm broke over the sea. | In the evening the wind became stronger and soon a great storm broke above us. | It was when they decided to return to shore that a terrible storm unleashed itself in the Moray Firth.

13. hurricane [countable] a storm that has extremely strong winds and heavy rain and that moves over water, especially found in the West Atlantic Ocean ураган; тропический циклон: The hurricane blew some palm trees over. | In 1842 six ships were at anchor in Funchal Bay when a hurricane blew them all on to the shore. | Hurricane Andrew was last night heading into the Gulf of Mexico. | In 1346 a hurricane whipped up the sea to destroy the town. | Hurricane George was just the latest calamity to hit the state.

the eye of a hurricane центр урагана: The eye of the hurricane hit Florida just south of Miami.

hurricane force very strong: Everywhere there are typhoons, sometimes of hurricane force. | Hurricane force winds are expected tonight. | A hurricane-force gust blew off part of a church tower.