Task 3. Complete the table with suitable answers(numbers).
Questions
Hurricanes
Floods
What are they?
Why do they happen?
Where do they happen?
How do they affect people?
What can people do?
Answers:
11. Dams can reduce floods. Listen to the 'flood warnings' on the radio.
2. Tropical storms with strong winds.
$. Some rivers in Bangladesh and India flood every year.
4. Warm water evaporates from the sea, condenses in the atmosphere and becomes a strong
wind.
15. Over warm parts of the ocean.
16. When the water in rivers, lakes etc rises above its normal level and goes onto the land.
17. Blow down houses, cause floods, disrupt traffic and affect ships.
18. If there is a lot of rain or very strong winds.
19. People can drown, lose houses and furniture.
V10. Scientists can track hurricanes, but they can't stop them