Fishers, Indiana Declares Disaster Emergency After Historic Flooding
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Fishers is a city in Indiana, in the United States. The city has a big problem. There is historic flooding. This means the flooding is very bad. It is worse than normal.
The city leaders made a declaration. They said this is a local disaster emergency. This helps the city get more help.
The city opened a hotline. This is a phone number. People can call for help. The hotline is for people who lost things in the flood. These people are called impacted residents.
Other parts of Indiana also have problems. There is severe weather across the state. The weather caused floods in many places.
In Chicago, there were also weather problems. An outage hit some power lines. A truck fixing the power lines was hit by gunfire in a city called Gary. A water show event was also delayed because of weather.
The government will send federal relief. This means help from the national government. Indiana needs this help because of all the storms and flooding this week.
More storms are coming on Sunday. People in Indiana are watching the weather carefully.
Vocabulary10 words
- historic
- very big or important; happening rarely
- declaration
- an official statement
- disaster emergency
- a very bad situation needing quick help
- hotline
- a special phone number for help
- impacted residents
- people in a place who are hurt by a problem
- outage
- when power stops working
- gunfire
- shots from a gun
- federal relief
- help money or aid from the national government
- severe weather
- very bad weather, like storms
- flooding
- too much water covering land
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Answer key
1. A local disaster emergency 2. For people affected by the flooding 3. It was hit by gunfire
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Fishers is a city in Indiana, in the United States. The city has a big problem. There is _____ flooding. This means the flooding is very bad. It is worse than normal.
The city leaders made a _____. They said this is a local _____. This helps the city get more help.
The city opened a _____. This is a phone number. People can call for help. The hotline is for people who lost things in the flood. These people are called _____.
Other parts of Indiana also have problems. There is _____ weather across the state. The weather caused floods in many places.
In Chicago, there were also weather problems. An _____ hit some power lines. A truck fixing the power lines was hit by _____ in a city called Gary.
The government will send _____. This means help from the national government. Indiana needs this help because of all the storms and flooding this week.
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