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Here are the definitions of the words in bold from the text:

1. Devastating: Causing great destruction and damage.
2. Earthquake: A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, caused by movements within the Earth's crust or volcanic action.
3. Casualties: People who have been killed or injured in a war or accident.
4. Injured: Physically harmed or wounded.
5. Landslides: The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
6. Torrential rainfall: Very heavy rain.
7. Catastrophic flooding: Extremely severe flooding that causes great damage and suffering.
8. Damage: Physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
9. Epidemics: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
10. Drought: A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
11. Famine: Extreme scarcity of food.
12. Volcano eruption: The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material.
13. Evacuate: Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place.
14. Aid: Help, especially of a practical nature.
15. Assess: Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.
16. Mitigate: Make less severe, serious, or painful.