day 66disasters

disasters

Follow weather warnings and disaster news, and talk about evacuating, damage and recovery.

today’s words

• 자연재해 jayeonjaehae · natural disaster
• 재난 jaenan · disaster, emergency
• 재해 jaehae · disaster (damage)
• 수해 suhae · flood damage
• 호우 hou · heavy rain, downpour
• 침수 chimsu · flooding, being under water
• 산사태 sansatae · landslide
• 눈사태 nunsatae · avalanche
• 화산 hwasan · volcano
• 붕괴 bunggoe · collapse
• 꺼지다 kkeojida · sink, cave in (땅이 꺼지다)
• 대피 daepi · evacuation, taking shelter
• 복구 bokgu · restoration, recovery (after damage)
• 강풍 gangpung · strong wind, gale
• 벼락 byeorak · lightning, a thunderbolt
• 불길 bulgil · flames, a blaze
• 세차다 sechada · fierce, strong (rain, wind)
• 거세다 geoseda · violent, rough, fierce
• 뒤흔들다 dwiheundeulda · shake (violently); rock
• 떠내려가다 tteonaeryeogada · be swept away (by water)
• 파묻히다 pamuchida · be buried
• 기상청 gisangcheong · the (Korea) weather service
• 기상 gisang · weather (기상이 악화되다)
• 강우량 ganguryang · rainfall (amount)

sentences

• 온대 지역의 강우량이 예년의 두 배를 넘었다. · Rainfall in the temperate region was more than twice that of an average year.
• 집중 호우로 강물이 넘쳐 자동차가 떠내려갔다. · In the torrential rain, the river overflowed and cars were swept away.
• 산사태로 마을 도로가 흙에 파묻혔다. · A landslide buried the village road in earth.
• 많은 비로 땅이 꺼져서 도로에 큰 구멍이 생겼다. · After the heavy rain, the ground caved in, leaving a big hole in the road.
• 오래된 건물이 붕괴되어 주민들이 모두 대피했다. · An old building collapsed, and all the residents were evacuated.