Supervolcanoes
In this lesson to learn how to read for general understanding.
What will happen if a supervolcano erupts?
Toba is a sleeping supervolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. If it erupts, the climate will change. Gas and dust will hide the sun. Lava will destroy plants and animals.
We can’t imagine the results of an eruption because there are no volcanoes in Poland. We don’t have the earthquakes either. However, we know that such natural disasters have happened.
Sebastien, a Haitian boy, 14, who lives in a suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince, had a chance to tell his story for the UNICEF radio.
After the earthquake struck, he heard his mother screaming as she ran outside. His sister was taking a shower and had fallen and hit her head. He couldn’t tell what was going on—at first, he thought someone was shooting at the house.
Soon afterward, Sebastien received tragic news: His grandparents’ house had been flattened. For days, his father and uncles dug through the rubble, trying to find them…
http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/sebastiens-story-a-young.html
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