natural disaster: An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a natural catastrophe.
noun: The events which led to this natural disaster may be briefly told.
famine: extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
noun: There was a great famine in Rome.
first responder: a person who is certified to provide medical care in emergencies before more highly trained medical personnel arrive on the scene.
noun: Your local Ambulance Service will have to be fully involved with a responder scheme.
relief worker: Something that makes a pleasant or amusing change from something tedious or unpleasant.
noun: Relief brought a smile to her lips.
shelter: something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
noun/verb: The kid needed shelter and warmth.
drought: a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops.
noun: Droughts are a direct result of increasing global temperatures.
desert: a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
noun: The desert night was cold and dark.
glass: a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and b
noun: Could I have a glass of water?
predictions: The act of predicting.
noun: Natasha's prediction proved true.
missing people: Absent; lost; lacking.
noun/adjective: Howie located a Salt Lake City missing girl of twelve, hidden in the loving care of a distant aunt.
plastic: any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened.
noun: A small plastic bag fell out of the pocket.
search and secure dog: It is a security and search animal.
noun: It is a security and search animal.
emergency: a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
noun: I had an emergency call.
landfill: a low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.
noun: The more waste recycled, the less is sent to landfill.
earthquake: a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.
noun: Heat and drought had continued for more than three weeks.
recycle: to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse
verb: We return the plastic bags to the grocery store for them to recycle.
fire: a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
noun: A fire burned brightly in the fireplace.
organic: noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
noun: People who buy organic food, for instance, are not doing it simply because they have more money.
paper: a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
noun: I put aside the paper and tried to nap.
forest: a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
noun: The forest air was cool and damp.