Vocabulary

• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• leave out: To forget; omit
• on this side of: Located or situated at this particular side or part of something.
• outer edge: The external boundary or periphery of something.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• bring on: To cause to appear, e.g. onto a stage
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• leave: To go away from; depart
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• important: Having power or authority
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• great: Very good; better than before
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• part: Division of a book
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• symmetrical: Having parts that are exactly the same
• tornado: Violent storm with strong winds
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• crucially: To an extremely important or necessary degree
• cyclone: Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.
• cone: A 3D shape with a circular base and pointed top
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• quadrant: Quarter of a circle or land area
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area
• newsroom: Part of a tv station where news is compiled
• seawater: Water from the sea; salt water