Vocabulary

• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• wade through: To walk through water or other liquid or soft substance that is not deep.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• extreme: Very great in degree
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• strike: To hit something
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• huge: Very very large
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• aid: To help others and provide things
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• torrential: (Of rain) falling very fast and in great quantity
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• deep: Complex and important
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• cyclone: Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• identification: (Card or paper) that proves who a person is
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• await: To keep ready for future needs
• wade: Person's name
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water