Typhoon in Philippines – level 2

10-12-2019 07:00

On Tuesday, Typhoon Kammuri came to Philippines. It flooded streets and damaged many houses and power lines.

Officials closed the international airport in the capital city of Manila for 12 hours. They closed schools and evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

The winds were very strong and reached the speed of more than 130 miles per hour, which destroyed roofs of homes and scattered debris.

Currently, the Southeast Asian Games are taking place in the Philippines. The organizers canceled or postponed several outdoor events because of the bad weather.

Difficult words: evacuate (to take people to a safe place during a dangerous event), scatter (to throw in many directions), debris (the broken things which remain after a disaster).

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