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Causes of Flood

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים לרמה בינונית.

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Flood is the second most common natural calamity after the fire. They nearly always happen and cause tremendous harm and sometimes even deaths. Flooding can be brought on by a variety of factors, including human error and extremely deep snow cover. As a result, experts have spent a lot of time trying to improve flood forecasting. Currently, they can only identify the potential for floods under specific circumstances. 

When deep snow melts, a lot of water is released. Even though deep snow by itself hardly ever results in flooding, it can lead to serious flooding when accompanied by intense rain and abruptly warmer weather. In addition, ice-covered rivers can cause floods. They can build a dam in the river, which will raise the water level behind it and flood the area upstream.  Broken ice dams are not the only dam problems that can cause flooding. The effects of a major human-made dam failing to hold the water collected behind it or breaking can be disastrous.

Even though scientists can't always forecast with absolute certainty when a flood will happen, they do know a lot about when one is likely to happen. Strong indicators of possible flooding include deep snow, ice-covered rivers, and frail dams. We may hopefully lessen the harm that floods cause by understanding why they occur.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Calamity /kəˈlæməti/ noun אָסוֹן

    a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering

    Survivors of the calamity asked for help.

  • Forecasting /ˈfɔrˌkæstɪŋ/ noun חיזוי

    the activity of judging what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information you have now

    Weather forecasting is not always exact.

  • Disastrous /dɪˈzæstrəs/ adjective אסון

    extremely bad

    They had a disastrous camping holiday.

  • Certainty /ˈsɜrtənti/ noun וַדָאוּת

    something that cannot be doubted

    It's a certainty that their team will win the game this time.

  • Frail /freɪl/ adjective חַלָשׁ

    weak

    She looked old and frail.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. What are some different kinds of calamities?
  2. Are there ways we can prepare ourselves in advance to cope with calamities? What are they?
  3. How are businesses affected by calamities?
  4. If you had the power to stop a natural disaster that has happened in the past, which would you choose? Why
  5. What are examples of manmade disasters?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What is the second most common natural calamity?

  2. What happens when deep snow melts?

  3. What can be the effects of a major human-made dam failing to hold the water collected behind it or breaking?

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