7. Disasters. Part 4

 

 

Seismic - subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration;

Sinking - a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength);

Stuck - caught or fixed;

Twister - a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground;

Volt - a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it;

Whirlpool - a powerful circular current of water;

Whirlwind - a column of air whirling around itself;

Wind scale - an international scale of wind force from 0 to 12;

Wind vane - mechanical device attached to an elevated structure;

Wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth;

Tremor -  a slight earthquake;

 

Underground - beneath the surface of the earth;

Death - the permanent end of all life functions in an organism;

Casualty - someone injured or killed in an accident;

Lost - confused as to time or place or personal identity;

Coast - the shore of a sea or ocean.