Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• respond: To answer something or someone
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• contribution: Helping a cause by giving money, things, services
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• trust: To expect confidently
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• upheaval: Raising of the earth's upper layer
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces