21 Indians Rescued in Nepal, 12 Tourists Still Missing
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Floods hit Nepal this week. Whole villages were washed away by strong water. Many tourists were in the area at the time.
Rescue teams worked hard to help people. They saved 21 Indian tourists from the flood area. This was good news for many families.
But 12 tourists are still missing. Some of them are from Gujarat, a state in India. Their families are very worried now.
The missing tourists came from cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Anand. Officials have shared a list of their names.
Videos of the floods show the damage. They show how water destroyed homes and villages. Rescue work is still going on in Nepal.
Vocabulary15 words
- rescued
- saved from danger
- flood
- too much water covering land
- tourists
- people who travel for fun
- untraceable
- cannot be found
- villages
- small towns
- washed away
- carried away by water
- officials
- people who work for the government
- damage
- harm done to something
- region
- an area of a country
- missing
- not able to be found
- worried
- feeling afraid something bad happened
- list
- names written together
- state
- a part of a country
- rescue
- to save someone
- strong
- having a lot of power
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1. 21 2. 12 3. False
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Floods hit Nepal this week. Whole _____ were washed away by strong water. Many _____ were in the area at the time.
Rescue teams worked hard to help people. They saved 21 Indian tourists from the flood _____. This was good news for many families.
But 12 tourists are still _____. Some of them are from Gujarat, a _____ in India. Their families are very _____ now.
The missing tourists came from cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Anand. _____ have shared a _____ of their names.
Videos of the floods show the _____. They show how water destroyed homes and villages. _____ work is still going on in Nepal.
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