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Flexbook #2
FWS 2 Tsunami: Disaster of the Century
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| complicate | to make something more difficult |
| crisis | a big problem or an emergency |
| hemisphere | one of the halves of the earth, especially the northern or southern parts above and below the equator |
| phase | one part or stage of something |
| process | a series of actions that produce a result |
| magnitude | size or importance |
| immense | extremely large |
| exert | to put to use: put forth |
| receded | to move back |
| accurate | exactly correct |
| catastrophe | a disaster |
| invest | to give time, effort, or money to make something succeed |
| spurred | to encourage or prompt |
| distribute | to give things out |
| proximity | nearness |