Tornado in Venice – level 1

16-07-2015 15:00

Here is news from Venice, Italy. A tornado hits the city. People film the tornado.

It kills one person. We do not know the person’s name. It is an elderly person. This person is in a car. The tornado moves the car in the air. Then, the car hits the ground.

The tornado injures thirty people. Three of those people are injured seriously. It badly damages homes. Many people cannot stay home.

Difficult words: elderly (old), injure (to make someone have problems with the body), damage (to break).

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

Have you ever seen a tornado?

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