Match the pictures with the sentences below. Write the letter.

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a. This satellite picture, taken on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002, shows Hurricane Kenna off the western coast of Mexico. b. Here, people are walking through flooded streets in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. c. In this picture, the hurricanes strong winds are blowing the palm trees. Huge (very big) waves are pounding (=hitting very hard) the beach. d. In this picture, a man is lookin looking at the debris (, ruina, ) in the streets. The debris includes stones (=rocks), pieces of wood, a car and a Jeep. e. The hurricane threw this car up on a post. f. Strong winds blew this billboard over in Tepic, Mexico. g. Here, bystanders (=people who stand and watch) are looking at the destroyed faade (=front part) of the Hotel Pelicano in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta.

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HURRICANE KENNA

Hurricane Kenna hit Mexico's Pacific coast on October 25, 2002. The hurricane was a very dangerous Category 5 (level 5) storm. It killed 3 people, and it injured dozens. Winds blew at 160 mph (260 kph). They brought (bring) down trees and power lines. The high winds and flooding destroyed many buildings and homes. Thousands of people living iving in the lowlands and villages near the Pacific Ocean had to evacuate. Answer the following questions. ions. 1. Did Hurricane Kenna hit Mexicos eastern coast? 2. In what season did the hurricane hit? 3. Was it a weak or a strong hurricane? 4. How many people did the hurricane hurt? 5. Did anyone die because of the hurricane? 6. How strong were its winds? Mexico 7. Was the electricity out for some people during the hurricane? 8. Did the people living in the mountains have to leave their homes during the hurricane?
to blow: , , soplar, to destroy: to completely ruin, to make bad bad, , destruir, an earthquake: , un terremoto, to evacuate: to leave a place quickly because of danger

to flood: , inundar, , to injure: to hurt , lugar de vacaciones a resort: a ski resort: estacin de esqu, esqu a satellite: , satlite, ,

HURRICANE KENNA

Hurricane Kenna hit Mexico's Pacific coast on October 25, 2002. The hurricane was a very dangerous Category 5 (level 5) storm. It killed 3 people, and it injured dozens. Winds blew at 160 mph (260 kph kph). ). They brought (bring) down trees and power lines. The high winds and flooding destroyed many buildings and homes. Thousands of people living in the lowlands and villages near the Pacific Ocean had to evacuate. Answer the following questions. 1. Did Hurricane Kenna hit Mexicos eastern coast? 2. In what season did the hurricane hit? 3. Was it a weak ak or a strong hurricane? 4. How many people did the hurricane hurt? 5. Did anyone die because of the hurricane? 6. How strong were its winds? Mexico 7. Was the electricity out for some people during the hurricane? 8. Did the people living in the mou mountains ntains have to leave their homes during the hurricane?
to blow: , , soplar, to destroy: to completely ruin, to make bad, , destruir, an earthquake: , un terremoto, to evacuate: to leave a place quickly because of danger

to flood: , inundar, , to injure: to hurt a resort: , lugar de vacaciones a ski resort: estacin de esqu, a satellite: , satlite,
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to blow: , , soplar to destroy: to completely ruin, to make bad, , destruir an earthquake: , un terremoto to evacuate: to leave very quickly because of a danger to flood: , inundar to injure: to hurt a resort: \, lugar de vacaciones, a ski resort, estacin de esqu a satellite: , satlite

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These questions are really mixed up! Put them back in order. EXAMPLE: did Hurricane Kenna strike day On what the coast Mexican? On what day did Hurricane Kenna strike the Mexican coast?
a. b. c. d. e. f. hit Hurricane Kenna Did Mexicos coast eastern? what In did season the hit hurricane? many people How the hurricane did hurt? anyone die Did because hurricane of the? strong were its winds How? people Did leave their homes have to?

These questions are really mixed up! Put them back in order.
did Hurricane Kenna strike day On what the coast Mexican? On what day did Hurricane Kenna strike the Mexican coast? a. hit Hurricane Kenna Did Mexicos coast eastern? b. what In did season the hit hurricane? c. many people How the hurricane did hurt? d. anyone die Did because hurricane of the? e. strong were its winds How? f. people Did leave their homes have to?
EXAMPLE:

These questions are really mixed up! Put them back in order.
did Hurricane Kenna strike day On what the coast Mexican? On what day did Hurricane Kenna strike the Mexican coast? a. hit Hurricane Kenna Did Mexicos coast eastern? b. what In did season the hit hurricane? c. many people How the hurricane did hurt? d. anyone die Did because hurricane of the? e. strong were its winds How? f. people Did leave their homes have to?
EXAMPLE:

These questions are really mixed up! Put them back in order.
did Hurricane Kenna strike day On what the coast Mexican? On what day did Hurricane Kenna strike the Mexican coast? a. hit Hurricane Kenna Did Mexicos coast eastern? b. what In did season the hit hurricane? c. many people How the hurricane did hurt? d. anyone die Did because hurricane of the? e. strong were its winds How? f. people Did leave their homes have to?
EXAMPLE:

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Vocabulary. Match the words with the pictures. a. to flood, some flooding d. to destroy, to ruin b. to hit (hit), to strike (struck) e. to blow (past: blew) c. some power lines f. to kill

g. a resort h. to evacuate i. a satellite

j. to injure

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Vocabulary. Match the words with the pictures. a. to flood, some flooding d. to destroy, to ruin b. to hit (hit), to strike (struck) e. to blow (past: blew) c. some power lines f. to kill

g. a resort h. to evacuate i. a satellite

j. to injure

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NATURAL DISASTERS Fill in the blank with a word from the left side of the paper. 1. When it rains too much and the water comes out of the river onto the land, there is a _______. 2. A _________ is a storm that starts on the ocean and comes onto land. It has very, very strong winds and lots of rain. a blizzard 3. Sometimes it doesnt rain for many weeks. The ground dries up. The plants begin to die. The animals ls dont have any water to drink. We call this a _________. 4. We had a strong _____________ in San Francisco in 1989. The earth shook (past past of shake) very hard for one minute. Part of the Bay Bridge fell down. Many houses in the Marina District burned down. 5. A _________ is a storm with heavy snow and strong winds. 6. A __________ can lift houses and drop them down miles away. It is a narrow cloud of very strong wind that swirls around (goes around) very quickly.

a hurricane, a typhoon

a drought

an earthquake

a flood

a tornado

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In your hometown, how often do they have

a. earthquakes? b. tornadoes?
never once every few years every year

a. When was the last earthquake? ________________ b. When was the last tornado? ___________________ c. When was the last one? ____________________ d. When was the last flood? ____________________ e. When was the last one? ____________________ f. When was the last drought? __________________

never once every few years every year never once every few years every year

c. hurricanes/typhoons? d. floods?

never once every few years every year never once every few years every year never once every few years every year

e. blizzards? f. droughts?

an earthquake

a tornado

a hurricane

a flood

a blizzard

a drought

Write about the student.

Roland comes from San Francisco, in the United States. In San Francisco, they have small earthquakes every year. The last small earthquake was five months ago. The last big one was 13 years ago. They have floods in the suburbs every year, but not in the city. The last flood was last year. They have droughts once every few years. The last drought was seven or eight years ago.
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NATURAL DISASTERS. (, desastres)

Ask your partner.

Your partners name: __________ His/Her hometown: (city) ____________, (country) ________________ In your hometown, do they ever have a. earthquakes? yes no If so, w when was the last earthquake? __________

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How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ tornadoes? yes no If so, when was the last tornado? ____________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? hurricanes/typhoons? yes no If so, when was the last one?_________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ floods? yes no If so, when was the last one? ____________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ blizzards? yes no If so, when was the last flood? ____________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ droughts? yes no If so, when was the last flood? ____________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? Who o got hurt? What did they lose? _______________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________

Write about the student.

__________ _______ comes from _______, in _________. In _______, ____, they have
name city country city

____________. The last one was _____________. It was ____________.

kind of disaster when? how bad?

_________________________________________________________
What happened?
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NATURAL DISASTERS. (, desastres)

In your country, do they ever have

Ask your partner.

a. Name___________ Country __________ What part of the country do they usually happen in? north, south, east, west, central northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest Have you (or someone you know) ever been in one? yes no If so, when? in 19__ or 20__ Did you (or someone you know know) get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ b. floods? yes Name___________ Country __________ Have you (or someone you know) ever been in a flood? yes no If so, when? in 19__ or 20__ Did you (or someone you know know) get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ c. hurricanes/typhoons? yes no How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ d. floods? yes no If so, when was the last one? ____________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ e. blizzards? yes no If so, when was the last flood? ____________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________ f. droughts? yes no If so, when was the last flood? ____________ How bad was it? not too bad bad Did anyone you know get hurt or lose something? yes no If so, what happened? Who got hurt? What did they lose? _______________
earthquakes

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Write about the student.

__________ comes from _______, in ____ _________. ___. In _______, they have
name city country city

____________. The last one was _____________. It was ____________.

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kind of disaster

when?

how bad?

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What happened?Look at the following list of storms or disasters: hurricanes/typhoons tornadoes floods (, inundacines) blizzards earthquakes droughts (, sequa)

other ________________ Ask another student who speaks a different language. What kind of storms or disasters do they get in your native country? What part of the country do they usually happen in? (northern, southern, eastern, western) When do they usually happen? Have you ever been in one?
name country kind of bad weather
flash floods

part of the country

southwestern

time of the year

summer

Have you ever been in a ...?

Yes. Just need to away rivers. No, but brother was summer once. Not Yes. O.K. if house high ground

Natalie France stay from creeks and Robert the U.S. in one hurt. Ghandi India is on

tornadoes

central

late spring,

monsoons

all over

summer

________ _________ ____________ ___________ ________ _______________________

_______________________

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___________ . The last __________ was

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Vocabulary

to blow: , , soplar to destroy: to completely ruin, to make bad, , destruir an earthquake: , un terremoto to evacuate: to leave very quickly because of a danger

to flood: , inundar to injure: to hurt a resort: \, lugar de vacaciones, a ski resort, estacin de esqu a satellite: , satlite

Look at the pictures. Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the words below.
blow destroy earthquake evacuate flood hit injure kill power lines resort satellite strong

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In Picture 1, the boxer is hitting the other boxer in the face. In Picture 2, the hunter is _________ the wolf. In this picture, the he wind is __________ very hard. It blew the mans hat off. In Picture 4, the electricity has gone out, so the man is working on the _________ __________. The people are enjoying winter sports at this ski ____________. The man is sitting on the roof and waiting for someone to rescue (save) him. The river is _________. The evil (very bad) man is s going to ___________ something. He is going to blow it up with TNT*. ( , un explosivo) These people are _____________ their city because a dangerous storm ( , tormenta) is coming. This weather ___________ is taking pictures of the clouds and sending them back to earth. She __________ her ankle (, tobillo) when she was playing tennis, so her friend is wrapping it. (/ /, envolver)

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My name: ___________, ___________

1. First Name___________ 2. . Hometown _________ 3. Country __________ 4. In what part of the country is your hometown located located? in the (northern, southern, eastern, western, central) part in the (northeastern, southeastern, northwestern, southwestern) part

5. What kinds of storms or natu natural disasters (, catstrofes)do they have in your part of the country?
hurricanes typhoons in the spring earthquakes tornadoes in the summer floods blizzards monsoons , monzn other: ______________ at any time of the year

6. What time of the year do they happen?

in the winter in the fall

7. Have you ever been in a __________ before? no yes If so, when? in 19__ or: : in 20__ or: ___ years/months ago 8. Did you or someone you know get hurt hurt? no yes (who?)_____________ If so, what happened? _____________________________________

9. Did the storm or disaster damage (, , daar, ) any of your property ( , , propiedad, pertenencias, ) (or your friends property)? yes no If so, what happened? _____________________________________
Read about Jane.
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Jane comes from 2Birmingham Birmingham, which is located in the 4southeastern

part of 3the United States. In that area, they sometimes have 5tornadoes. They usually happen 6in the spring, but they can happen at any time of the year.
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Jane has been in a tornado before. It was in 2000. 8Nobody got hurt

because everyone went down into the basement. 9The tornado damaged their roof and broke some windows in their house.

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A. What do you call that? Choose words from the box to describe the kind of storm or natural disaster. (, catstrofe catstrofe, , ) a blizzard a drought a tornado a flood an earthquake a forest fire/a /a brush fire a hurricane /a typhoon (in Asia) a volcano or: volcanic eruption

1. We saw a long black cloud coming down from the sky. It looked like a funnel. (, embudo, , ) We e ran into the basement. a tornado a funnel 2. The storm came off the he Atlantic Ocean, and it hit Cuba ba before it hit us. The strong winds blew off pieces of our roof and they knocked down trees. Ive never seen so much rain in my whole life! _______________ 3. Even though (, , aunque aunque, , ) our town was ten miles away, we could see the trees burning and all the smoke smoke. _______________ 4. Suddenly, the house started to shake (, temblar, ). . It was like we were in the back of a truck and people were pushi pushing ng from both sides. We got under the table. The lamps started swinging back and forth, and a picture fell off the wall. _______________ 5. The water kept rising and rising. We had to evacuate. (leave a place quickly because of danger or an emergency) _______________ 6. For several days, smoke came out of the top of the mountain, so the government told us to evacuate. Then one day there was a terrible explosion (, , ) . Rocks flew into the air, and lava (, , ) started to flow ( ( , fluir, , )down the side of the mountain toward our village. _________ 7. It snowed for three days, and the wind blew so hard! All businesses had to shut down because it was impossible to drive. _______________ 8. There was no rain for nine months. The crops (plants that farmers grow to sell) died. We couldn't water our lawns, wash our cars, or flush the toilet more than once a day. _______________

B. Match the descriptions above with the pictures. Write the number under each picture. picture

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