Vocabulary

• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• at least: As a minimum
• outer edge: The external boundary or periphery of something.
• extreme: Very great in degree
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• require: To demand that someone does something
• huge: Very very large
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• frequent: Happening often
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• disastrous: Having very unfortunate or terrible consequences
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• level: Specific height of something
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• irreversible: Not able to be reversed/put back to previous state
• recovery: Process of returning to a former (good) state
• famous: Excellent
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• close: Almost; near
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• landfall: Seacoast first sighted on a voyage or flight
• inundate: To fill up beyond the capacity of; flood
• typhoon: Tropical cyclone created over oceans
• northeastern: Area in both the north and east
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area
• southeastern: Area in the south and east