Floods in Nepal Sweep Away Whole Villages
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Big floods hit Nepal. Whole villages went under water. Videos show the damage. People saw homes and land disappear.
The Trishuli River flooded very fast. It happened in six hicial hours. Water changed the shape of the land. Old villages are now gone.
Satellite pictures show the change. There are photos from before and after the flood. The pictures show villages by the river. Then the pictures show only water.
The flood also affected India. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are two states in India. They are now on alert. This means people must be careful. A special rescue team called NDRF is ready to help. NDRF stands for a group that saves people in disasters.
A disaster is a very bad event. It hurts people and places. This flood is one big disaster. Many people lost their homes. Rescue teams are working hard now.
Vocabulary15 words
- flood
- too much water covering land
- village
- a small place where people live
- satellite
- a machine in space that takes pictures of Earth
- alert
- ready because something bad may happen
- NDRF
- a team that helps people in bad events
- disaster
- a very bad event that hurts people
- river
- a long line of moving water
- rescue
- to save someone from danger
- damage
- harm done to something
- land
- the ground where we live
- before
- earlier in time
- after
- later in time
- team
- a group of people working together
- picture
- an image of something
Quiz
Answer key
1. They were washed away by floods 2. Six hours 3. NDRF
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Big _____ hit Nepal. Whole _____ went under water. Videos show the _____.
The Trishuli _____ flooded very fast. It happened in six hours. Water changed the shape of the _____.
_____ pictures show the change. There are photos from _____ and _____ the flood.
The flood also affected India. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are on _____. A special _____ team called NDRF is ready to help.
A _____ is a very bad event. Many people lost their homes. _____ teams are working hard now.