chance; opportunity; occasion
calamity; disaster; misfortune
disaster preparedness; prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster; protection against disaster
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
fault movement; fault motion; faulting
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
sea level; (surface of) sea
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
making (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissemination
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
emergency evacuation site (typically outdoors); refuge shelter
course; route; path; process; stages
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
overall; general; as a whole
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
elevation; height above sea level
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
building time; construction period
influence; effect; impact
cannot be helped; unavoidable
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood