Summary
Many houses were destroyed and families need new homes.
Helpers are looking for people who might be stuck.
Children are getting new schools and clean water.
Key Points
5 points1
Around 20,000 houses will have to be rebuilt.
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More than 1,200 people died in the flood.
3
Over 4,000 people are still missing.
4
Rescue teams from other countries use dogs and flying cameras to search.
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Kids need safe places to learn and safe drinking water.
New Words to Learn
8 wordsglacier
a big slow river of ice high up in the mountains
deluge
a huge amount of water that falls all at once
hydropower
energy made from moving water
rehabilitation
helping people get back to normal life
seismic
related to shaking of the earth
satellite
a machine that goes around the Earth to send pictures or signals
sanitation
keeping places clean so germs do not spread
evacuating
moving people away from a dangerous place
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