Spanish Vocabulary Related to Disaster Recovery and Aid - AP Spanish

arrasar

to devastate

incertidumbre

uncertainty

encerrados

locked up, confined

encerrarnos

to lock ourselves up, to confine ourselves

batir

to beat

atravesar

to cross, to go through

fuerza

strength, force

llegada

arrival

estela

vigil

estragos

havoc, damage

restablecimiento

restoration

cuentagotas

dropper (figuratively used as "bit by bit")

caída

fall, drop

marejadas

surges, swells (often of the sea)

asegurar

to assure, to secure

perder

to lose

tendido

lying down, spread out

encontrar

to find

dañar

to damage

empeorar

to worsen

oleada

wave, surge

apagones

blackouts

mandatario

leader, head of state

destinar

to allocate, to assign

recursos

resources

recuperación

recovery

temporada ciclónica

hurricane season

pobladores

inhabitants

incomunicados

cut off, isolated

enterarse

to find out, to learn

rostros

facial expression

crecidas

floods, rising water

desaparecidas

disappeared, missing

cifra

figure, number

insumos, suministros

supplies

daños

damages

redoblar

to intensify

mitigar

to mitigate

provocar

to cause

resarcir

to compensate

anteriormente

previously

saneamiento

sanitation

suministros

supplies

auxilio

aid, help

toneladas

tons

alimentación

feeding, nutrition

cargamento

cargo, shipment

mundial

global, worldwide

alimentos

sustenance, nutrients, or ingredients

equipamiento técnico

technical equipment

módulos alimentarios

food modules/packages