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Reading comprehension about floods! (by Alicia)

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Reading comprehension about floods! (by Alicia)

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Let's read a little bit about the causes of floods! Be ready to increase your knowledge and have fun!

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ELC Study Zone: Causes of Floods: Reading Comprehension

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Once you have already known most of the vocabulary related to natural disasters, let's check if you remember all of them with this crossword. It's time to play!

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Work in groups of four.

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Now that you know the vocabulary, try to find the words in the word search (Zaida)

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Try to decide whether these disasters are man made or natural. Then discuss with a partner what you know about them.

Nuclear blast

Agricultural disasters and pests

Landslides and debris flow

Wildfire

Cyber attacks

Biological weapons

Extreme wind

Radiological emergencies

Chemical threats

Hail

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Disasters fall into two major categories. These include man made and natural disasters. There is a major difference between these two and it is important to learn more about the same in order to increase your knowledge on the occurrence and causes of each and hence ensure that your disaster preparedness is heightened.

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Write a short definition, with your own words, of these words. Do you remember ever hearing about these disasters in the news? What countries were affected?

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Read the headlines of this article in The Indianapolis News.
What do you think happened? Where did this catastrophe occure.
This newspaper is looking for a journalist to write an article about the events that took place in this city. Write a short recount of what you think happened and interview one of the survivours of the tornado,

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Watch the video and answer these questions about natural disasters around the globe in 2011:

1. What countries were affected by earthquakes in 2011?
2. What natural disaster took place in Australia in 2011? Since when had there not been a similar disaster in that country?
3. What is the opposite of "flood"?
4. What consequence did draught have in the southern states of the USA?
5. What magnitude did the Japan earthquake have?
6. How long had the mum and the child who were rescued in Turkey been buried under the rubble?
7. How many people died in New Zealand due to the earthquake?
8. What countries experienced floods in 2011?
9. How many tornadoes were there in the USA in April 2011? What previous record did that beat?
10. How many metres high was the tsunami that hit Japan?

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What natural disasters can you think of? Are they all nature- made or are some of them man-made?