Barrier Lakes Bring Flood Danger to Nepal
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A big flood hit Nepal. A glacier fell down in the mountains. This made a lot of water move very fast.
A barrier lake broke. This kind of lake forms behind rocks or ice. When it breaks, water rushes out fast.
The flood caused damage up to 100 kilometres away. Many places were hit hard by the water.
A young man came back from Nepal to Bettiah, a town in India. He said dead bodies were floating everywhere in the water.
The girl's father, called Rani's papa, said the water came very fast. People were scared and tried to run away.
This event shows that Nepal faces danger from these mountain lakes. People need to watch these lakes carefully.
Vocabulary15 words
- flood
- too much water covering land
- glacier
- a big block of ice on a mountain
- barrier lake
- a lake made when rocks or ice block water
- damage
- harm or destruction to things
- rushes
- moves very fast
- witness
- a person who sees something happen
- disaster
- a very bad event that hurts many people
- mountain
- a very high hill
- danger
- a chance of being hurt
- collapse
- to fall down suddenly
- affected
- hurt or changed by something
- region
- an area of land
- scared
- feeling afraid
- watch
- to look at carefully
- event
- something that happens
Quiz
Answer key
1. A glacier fell and a barrier lake broke 2. 100 kilometres 3. Dead bodies
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A big _____ hit Nepal. A _____ fell down in the mountains. This made a lot of water move very fast.
A _____ broke. This kind of lake forms behind rocks or ice. When it breaks, water rushes out fast.
The flood caused _____ up to 100 kilometres away. Many places were hit hard by the water.
A young man came back from Nepal to Bettiah, a town in India. He said dead _____ were floating everywhere in the water.
The girl's father said the water came very fast. People were _____ and tried to run away.
This event shows that Nepal faces _____ from these mountain lakes.