A. True B. False

2. What is the name of floods that happen very quickly?

A. Flashfloods B. Quick Floods C. Flood and Fast D. Water world 3. It is OK to drink and touch flood waters.

A. True B. False

4．Which disaster has an "eye"?

A. Earthquakes B. Wildfires C. Volcanoes D. Hurricanes 5．What does a NOAA weather radio do?

A. Predict the weather B. Name hurricanes

C. Broadcast weather warnings D. Bring rain

Suggested answers:

1. A. True 2. A. Flashfloods 3. B. False 4. D. Hurricanes

5. C. Broadcast weather warnings

S1: Here is a story about tsunami.

T: Ok. Please tell us the story.

S1: I will read it. The story is about how an American survived a tsunami. On April 1, 1946, when Mieko "Miki" Browne was 18 years old, a tsunami struck her home in Hilo, Hawaii. Here's her amazing story.

　　That morning I got dressed as usual. I was just leaving for school when I noticed that my shoes were filthy. I went back inside to polish them. Staying home those five extra minutes probably saved my life.

　　When I came outside again, my mother was on the lawn picking flowers. Somebody yelled "tsunami!" We thought it was an April Fools' joke. Then I looked up and saw a huge wall of dirty water. Palm trees 35 feet [11 meters] tall were covered by water. My mother pushed me inside and slammed the door, just as the wave struck our house. It felt like we'd been hit by a train.

　　The wave picked up the house, and we floated away. Seawater came up to my knees. I decided to change clothes, in case we had to swim. When I opened the closet, the back wall was gone! All I could see past my hanging clothes were waves and dead fish. It looked like a strange painting.

　　Through the windows we could see people floating by, holding onto whatever they could. A boy was clinging to a piece of lumber. The waves carried us far out into Hilo Bay and back again three times.

Finally our house slammed into a factory wall. Somehow my parents and I climbed into the factory, where we found some neighbors on the upper floor. We all got busy tearing burlap sugar bags into strips to make a