Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• at the earliest: Indicating the soonest possible time something can happen.
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• in places: In some locations but not others
• set up
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• extreme: Very great in degree
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• couple: To join something to something else
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• leave: To go away from; depart
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• investigation: Search for information about something
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• person: Man, woman or child
• hover: (Bird/helicopter) to fly staying in one position
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• harbour: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• typhoon: Tropical cyclone created over oceans
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area
• southwestern: From the south west
• untested: Not yet proved or subjected to testing