| A | B |
|---|
| authorities | the officials in control |
| debris | scattered pieces or bits of something that has been torn down or blown up |
| evacuate | to get everyone out of a dangerous place or situation |
| beneath | in a lower place; under; below |
| buried | covered up; hidden |
| chimney | a tall, hollow column, usually made of brick, to carry away smoke from a fireplace or furnace |
| earthquakes | violent shaking or shifting motion of the ground caused by the sudden movement of rock far beneath Earth's surface |
| fireworks | firecrackers and other things that make a loud noise or go up high in the air and burst in a shower of stars and sparks |
| force | power; strength |
| trembles | moves with a quick shaking motion |
| volcanoes | hills or mountains built up by lava and ash around an opening in Earth's crust |
| crevice | a crack in Earth's surface |
| collide | to crash into one another |
| lava | hot, melted rock that flows onto Earth's surface from deep inside Earth |
