extinguished - to put out
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igniting - causing to burn, setting on fire
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consume - to destroy
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ominous - threatening or foreshadowing evil or
tragic developments
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weather forcasting - predicting what the
weather will be
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blizzard - a violent snowstorm with winds
blowing at a minimum speed of 35 miles per hour and visibility of less than one-quarter
mile for three hours
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whiteout - a weather condition in which
loose or falling snow is blown into an intense blizzard, blocking vision and preventing
movement
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precipitation - all forms of water
depositied on the earth from the atmosphere. They include rain, snow, frost, hail, dew,
etc.
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flood plain - strip of relatively flat and
normally dry land alongside a stream, river, or lake that is covered by water during a
flood. - flat area on either side of a river which is under water during
a flood
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waterlogged - saturated with water. (The land
was so waterlogged by heavy rain, the soil could no longer absorb it and the floods began
to build)
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flash flood - short term flooding caused by
heavy rainfall in a short time period (usually 6 hours or less) or a dam failure
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looter - a person who takes or steals
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| Richter Scale (RIK -ter) - scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy released by an earthquake |
Seismic - caused by an earthquake or earth
vibration |
refugees (REF-you-gees) people who leave their
homes because it's not ftay there any longer
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launched
- To cause to move or slide from the land into the
water - to begin a new venture or phase
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compartments - One
of the parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided
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expedition - a journey undertaken by a group
of people with a definite objective
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iceberg - a piece of ice made up of fresh
water that has completely broken from an ice shelf or glacier and floats in the sea. in
some cases only a small part of the iceberg can be seen above
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diaster relief - money, clothing, shelter,
etc. given to one who is in need following a disaster
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