Tropical storm in Bangladesh – level 1

09-04-2015 07:00

A tropical storm moves across Bangladesh. At least 24 people die. It injures many people. Fifty people must go to hospital.

It uproots trees. It damages houses. It buries people under trees and houses. Electricity kills some people.

It is spring. There are storms in Bangladesh every spring. This storm is the first storm of this year.

Difficult words: injure (to have problems with the body), uproot (to move out of the ground), bury (to cover with pieces of something).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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