Flash Floods Hit Nepal; India Offers Help
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Big floods hit Nepal this week. The floods came very fast. People call this a flash flood.
The water was very strong. It hit towns and villages. Some villages were washed away by the water.
Videos show the flood water moving fast. The water destroyed homes and roads in Nepal.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Nepal's leader. Nepal's leader is called the PM too. His name is Balen.
PM Modi talked to him on the phone. Modi said India will help Nepal. He gave Nepal a promise of help.
Many countries help each other after big disasters. This is common between neighbor countries like India and Nepal.
People in Nepal now need food, water, and safe places to stay. Helpers are working to find people and help them.
Vocabulary15 words
- flood
- a lot of water covering land that is normally dry
- flash flood
- a flood that happens very fast, with no warning
- Prime Minister
- the top leader of a government
- PM
- a short way to say Prime Minister
- promise
- saying you will do something for sure
- disaster
- a very bad event that hurts many people
- swept away
- carried away fast by moving water
- village
- a small town in the countryside
- damage
- harm or hurt done to something
- phone call
- talking to someone using a telephone
- help
- giving support to someone in need
- safe
- not in danger
- leader
- a person who guides a country or group
- neighbor country
- a country that is next to another country
- water
- the clear liquid that fills rivers and rain
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Answer key
1. Flash floods hit the country 2. Nepal's leader 3. True
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Big _____ hit Nepal this week. The floods came very fast. People call this a flash _____.
The water was very strong. It hit towns and villages. Some villages were _____ away by the water.
Videos show the flood water moving fast. The water destroyed homes and _____ in Nepal.
India's _____ Narendra Modi called Nepal's leader. Nepal's leader is called the PM too. His name is Balen.
Modi _____ to him on the phone. Modi said India will _____ Nepal. He gave Nepal a promise of help.
Many countries help each other after big _____. This is common between neighbor countries like India and Nepal.
People in Nepal now need food, water, and _____ places to stay.