UN: Time ‘Running Out’ for 1.4 Million Starving Children

famine - n. a situation in which many people do not have enough food to eat

disrupt -- v. to interfered with normal activities

shortage - n. not enough

county - n. an area of a state or country that is larger than a city and has its own government to deal with local matters

enormous - adj. very large

potential - n. capable of becoming real

skinny - adj. too thin