Complete the sentences with the green and yellow highlighted words.

1. It rained for ten days last spring and there was a lot of water in the river. We couldn’t do anything. The flood destroyed many houses. 2. Last June, it was over 35°C for the whole week. Our school was closed because of the heatwave. 3. Luckily nobody died in the forest fire in the area. Everyone had a lot of time to escape. 4. There was a hurricane when my sister was there. She says it rained heavily and the wind blew strongly. 5. They were sleeping when the earthquake happened. The whole house was shaking, and all the glasses fell from the cupboards. 6. We went hiking in the mountains last winter. First, we heard some strange sounds. Then we saw an avalanche rushing down near us. 7. I saw a film about a tsunami. The waves were so big that only the people on the roof of the buildings were safe. They used helicopters to rescue them.