{"id":9587,"date":"2022-02-08T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T08:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=9587"},"modified":"2022-02-07T18:43:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:43:23","slug":"natural-disasters-in-portuguese-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/natural-disasters-in-portuguese-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural disasters in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fala, pessoal! What&#8217;s up, you guys? <em>Como est\u00e1 o clima onde voc\u00eas est\u00e3o?<\/em> What&#8217;s the weather like where you are? <em>Fevereiro<\/em> (February) means freezing cold temperatures in the northern hemisphere, but scorching <em>quente<\/em> (hot) weather for those down south, like us Brazilians. At least it&#8217;s a break from the raging <em>tempestades<\/em> (storms) we saw in <em>janeiro<\/em> (January). And sadly, as far as extreme weather is concerned, the event that influenced me to write this text was an unfortunate one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9612\" style=\"width: 529px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9612\" class=\" wp-image-9612\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/lightning-g5a8012ca6_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/lightning-g5a8012ca6_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/lightning-g5a8012ca6_640-350x167.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desastres naturais acontecem no mundo todo (Image by Keli Black from Pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You might have heard about the tragic <em>desabamento de rochas<\/em> (rockfall) in the touristic city of Capit\u00f3lio last month. The incident made the international headlines, featuring a striking video where you can see a large cliffside rock formation collapsing onto three <em>barcos<\/em> (boats). Ten people were <em>mortas<\/em> (killed) and 32 others left <em>feridas<\/em> (injured) as a result of the impact. Firefighters believe that the continuously heavy<em> chuva<\/em> (rain) affecting the area might be largely responsible. If you want to read more about it, find further information in Portuguese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnbrasil.com.br\/nacional\/rocha-desaba-em-capitolio-mg-e-atinge-lanchas\/\">here<\/a> or in English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2-dead-at-least-15-injured-after-massive-brazil-rock-formation-collapses-onto-boats\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although recent climatic adversities have been linked to the effects <em>aquecimento global<\/em> (global warming), <em>desastres naturais<\/em> (natural disasters) have always been a part of history. Today&#8217;s post will expand on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/natural-disasters-in-portuguese\/\">this one<\/a> from 2012 with a few different phenomena and other examples. <em>Vamos nessa!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>drought &#8211; <em>seca<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Israel has been suffering from its longest <strong>drought<\/strong> on record | <em>Israel est\u00e1 passando pela sua <strong>seca<\/strong> mais longa j\u00e1 registrada.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9613\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9613\" class=\" wp-image-9613\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/earthquake-gb9a9ecb27_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/earthquake-gb9a9ecb27_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/earthquake-gb9a9ecb27_640-350x232.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terremotos podem ser devastadores (Image by Angelo Giordano from Pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>hurricane \u2013\u00a0<em>furac\u00e3o<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hurricane<\/strong> Katrina is said to be <span class=\"quote\">one of the worst catastrophes of the century | <\/span><em>O<strong> furac\u00e3o<\/strong> Katrina \u00e9 considerado uma das piores cat\u00e1strofes do s\u00e9culo.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>blizzard &#8211; <em>nevasca<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quote\">Over 12 people were killed in the avalanche, caused by a <strong>blizzard<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ptr exa_sound type-exa_sound\"> | <\/span><em>Mais de 12 pessoas morreram na avalanche, causada por uma <strong>nevasca<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>heatwave &#8211; <em>onda de calor<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>heatwave<\/strong> sweeping across Europe is predicted to reach France next week | <em>A <strong>onda de calor<\/strong> passando pela Europa est\u00e1 prevista para chegar \u00e0 Fran\u00e7a na pr\u00f3xima semana.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>flood \u2013\u00a0<em>enchente<\/em><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_9616\" style=\"width: 426px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9616\" class=\" wp-image-9616\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/dryness-g9ea38fbf9_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/dryness-g9ea38fbf9_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/dryness-g9ea38fbf9_640-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secas ocorrem em climas quentes (Image by Sven Lachmann from Pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0All meteorologists agree that heavy rain and<strong> floods<\/strong> can be expected this season | <em>Todos meteorologistas concordam que chuvas fortes e <strong>enchentes<\/strong> podem ser esperadas nesta esta\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>earthquake \u2013\u00a0<em>terremoto<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2011 <strong>earthquake<\/strong> in Japan claimed tens of thousands of lives and over 300 billion in property damage | <em>O <strong>terremoto<\/strong> de 2011 no Jap\u00e3o custou dezenas de milhares de vidas e mais de 300 bilh\u00f5es em danos materiais.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>landslide \u2013 <em>deslizamento de terra<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The school&#8217;s roof caved in during the<strong> landslide<\/strong> | <em><em>O telhado da escola desabou durante o <strong>deslizamento de terra<\/strong>.<\/em><\/em>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_9615\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9615\" class=\" wp-image-9615\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/flood-gad911c7e3_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/flood-gad911c7e3_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/flood-gad911c7e3_640-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuvas intensas causam enchentes (Image by LucyKaef from Pixabay)<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">volcanic eruption \u2013\u00a0<em>erup\u00e7\u00e3o vulc\u00e2nica<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quote\">A<strong> volcanic eruption<\/strong> warning has been issued in Iceland |\u00a0<\/span><em>Um alerta de<strong> erup\u00e7\u00e3o vulc\u00e2nica<\/strong> foi emitido na Isl\u00e2ndia.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>wildfire \u2013 <em>inc\u00eandio florestal, queimada<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A large portion of the area&#8217;s native greenery was destroyed in the <strong>wildfire<\/strong> | <em>Uma grande parte da vegeta\u00e7\u00e3o nativa da \u00e1rea foi destru\u00edda na <strong>queimada<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>hailstorm \u2013\u00a0<em>tempestade de granizo<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The southern provinces of Chine were <span class=\"b db\">hit<\/span> by a severe <strong>hailstorm<\/strong>, which brought serious losses | <em>As prov\u00edncias do sul da China foram atingidas por uma forte <strong>tempestade de granizo<\/strong>, que trouxe s\u00e9rias perdas.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you know how to <em>falar sobre o tempo<\/em> (talk about the weather) in Portuguese? Don&#8217;t miss out on these previous posts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rPmrAgLJdy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/talking-about-the-weather-in-portuguese\/\">Talking about the weather in Portuguese<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Talking about the weather in Portuguese&#8221; &#8212; Portuguese Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/talking-about-the-weather-in-portuguese\/embed\/#?secret=KUVpAZ7cNR#?secret=rPmrAgLJdy\" data-secret=\"rPmrAgLJdy\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F9nYSlzwz2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/weather-in-portuguese\/\">Weather in Portuguese<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Weather in Portuguese&#8221; &#8212; Portuguese Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/weather-in-portuguese\/embed\/#?secret=UgsSWAbaV4#?secret=F9nYSlzwz2\" data-secret=\"F9nYSlzwz2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/dryness-g9ea38fbf9_640-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/dryness-g9ea38fbf9_640-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/dryness-g9ea38fbf9_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Fala, pessoal! What&#8217;s up, you guys? Como est\u00e1 o clima onde voc\u00eas est\u00e3o? What&#8217;s the weather like where you are? Fevereiro (February) means freezing cold temperatures in the northern hemisphere, but scorching quente (hot) weather for those down south, like us Brazilians. At least it&#8217;s a break from the raging tempestades (storms) we saw in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/natural-disasters-in-portuguese-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":9616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1845,1850,5,1851,13],"tags":[548938,548952,548943,2081,2085,13427,548945,2141,548937,548949,548939,548936,548947,548942,548951,2335,548940,507699,548948,548935,548950,548941,548944,548946],"class_list":["post-9587","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brazilian-news","category-environment","category-geography","category-learning","category-vocabulary","tag-blizzard","tag-capitolio","tag-deslizamento-de-terra","tag-drought","tag-earthquake","tag-enchente","tag-erupcao-vulcanica","tag-flood","tag-furacao","tag-hailstorm","tag-heatwave","tag-hurricane","tag-incendio-florestal","tag-landslide","tag-natural-disasters-portuguese","tag-nevasca","tag-onda-de-calor","tag-portuguese-vocabulary","tag-queimada","tag-seca","tag-tempestade-de-granizo","tag-terremoto","tag-volcanic-eruption","tag-wildfire"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9587"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9622,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9587\/revisions\/9622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}