NEWS · B2 Level - Part 4

Storm Outbreak Devastates Multiple States

Thousands of people are facing vast destruction from damaging winds, pounding rain, and tornado outbreaks across several states.

Level: B2 · 14 sentences

Transcript

1. Thousands of people are facing vast destruction from damaging winds, pounding rain, and tornado outbreaks across several states.
2. Dozens of people have lost their lives.
3. It began on Friday in the Midwest with a line of severe storms moving east,
4. affecting more than 900 miles of the region.
5. Kansas and Texas saw dust storms from the damaging winds.
6. Oklahoma's governor declared a state of emergency because of wind-fed wildfires.
7. Then Saturday, we saw the most tornado warnings issued nationwide since April of last year,
8. with at least 163 warnings issued.
9. More than 40 reported tornadoes swept across 8 states in the Midwest and South.
10. The severe weather continued through Sunday, with tornado warnings issued up the East Coast.
11. Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power in the wake of the storms.
12. Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri were hit hard by tornadoes.
13. In some areas, power lines are down, trees are toppled,
14. while debris from destroyed buildings and homes is blocking roads.