The Philippines

occupy (v)

• take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement

• a group of islands

• a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos

Archipelago (n)

• take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement

• a group of islands

• a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos

West Indies (n)

• take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement

• a group of islands

• a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos

Pacific Ring of Fire (n)

• the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

• a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life

• existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind

Natural (adj)

• the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

• a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life

• existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind

Disaster (n)

• the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

• a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life

• existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind

Typhoon (n)

• differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class

• denoting a place that people will make a special trip to visit

• a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans

Vary (v)

• differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class

• denoting a place that people will make a special trip to visit

• a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans

Destination (n)

• differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class

• denoting a place that people will make a special trip to visit

• a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans