Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• update on: To provide the latest information about something.
• emergency response: The actions taken to deal with an unexpected and dangerous event.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• spot: A certain place or area
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• aid: To help others and provide things
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• torrential: (Of rain) falling very fast and in great quantity
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• peril: Extreme danger or risk
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• incomprehensible: Impossible to understand or comprehend
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• lodge: To (provide a place to) stay for a short time
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• nick: Person's name
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• mystic: Person who practices religious rites
• campsite: Site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
• campground: Site where people on holiday can pitch a tent