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<p class="by"><i>dateline:</i> 30 August 2017</p>

<h1>Hurricane Harvey Devastates Texas</h1>	

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<p><strong>Pre-Listening Vocabulary</strong></p>
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<li>Category 4: <em>a hurricane with winds from 131 to 155 miles per hour</em></li>
<li>devastate: <em>to destroy or ruin</em></li>
<li>flood (verb): <em>to fill or overflow with water</em></li>
<li>ashore: <em>on land</em></li>
<li>jet ski: <em>a small powered vehicle that runs along the water like a motorcycle on land</em></li>
<li>human chain: <em>a line of people holding hands or linking arms</em>
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<p><strong>Hurricane Harvey Devastates Texas</strong></p>
<form id="myform">A Category 4 storm hit Texas on Friday and quickly began to flood communities all around Houston, the fourth <input type="text" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" /> city in the US. In the days since the hurricane first came ashore, thousands of people have been rescued by volunteers, police, and the <input type="text" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" />. Many families got onto their <input type="text" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" /> to wait to be rescued when the water filled their streets and homes. Rescuers have used boats, jet skis, <input type="text" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" />, and human chains to people and pets from the flood water. Many of the locations that had been set up as shelters have since flooded. Within less than a week, the storm could dump as much water as Houston <input type="text" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" /> gets in a full year. </form>
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<li>What have rescuers used to save people from the floods?</li>
<li>What has happened to many of the shelters that were set up in Texas?</li>
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<p><strong>Hurricane Harvey Devastates Texas</strong><br />
A Category 4 storm hit Texas on Friday and quickly began to flood communities all around Houston, the fourth <strong>biggest</strong> city in the US. In the days since the hurricane first came ashore, thousands of people have been rescued by volunteers, police, and the <strong>military</strong>. Many families got onto their <strong>roofs</strong> to wait to be rescued when the water filled their streets and homes. Rescuers have used boats, jet skis, <strong>helicopters</strong>, and human chains to save people and pets from the flood water. Many of the locations that had been set up as shelters have since flooded. Within less than a week, the storm could dump as much water as Houston <strong>normally</strong> gets in a full year.</p>
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<li>This storm hit Texas, especially the Houston area.</li>
<li>Rescuers have used boats, jet skis, helicopters, and human chains to save people from the floods.</li>
<li>Many of the shelters that were set up in Texas have flooded.</li>
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	<h3 id="comments"><span style="color:green">One Comment on</span> Hurricane Harvey Devastates Texas</h3>

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						<cite class="fn">Bijan</cite> <span class="says">says:</span>		</div>
		
		<div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://www.englishclub.com/efl/listening-news/hurricane-harvey-devastates-texas/#comment-9264">
			31 August 2017 at 10:40</a>		</div>

		<p>Hi Tara, </p>
<p>First, thank you for this week&#8217;s audio news report. </p>
<p>Second, I&#8217;m sorry for thousands of people who have lost their homes.<br />
i wish all of them health and safety. </p>
<p>Third, if you give me your permission I would like to add an explanation about the meaning of the word ashore (adverb).<br />
The Oxford Dictionary says about it: </p>
<p>1. &#8220;To or on the shore (Noun= the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water) or land from the direction of the sea.&#8221;<br />
1.1 &#8220;on land as opposed to at sea.&#8221; </p>
<p>Teacher Tara,<br />
If I read your news reports carefully, it&#8217;s only because of this reason that I would love to learn English language deeply (listening, speaking, reading and writing). </p>
<p>Thank you so much for liking your students and have a great weekend in Canada.<br />
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