Summary
Many families had to leave their houses to stay safe.
Helpers came with boats and trucks to rescue people.
Soon the water will go down and teams will clean the villages.
Key Points
4 points1
River wall (embankment) failed near Kushinagar.
2
Water covered several villages.
3
Chief Minister told teams to rescue and move families.
4
Helpers will clean and fix roads after water leaves.
New Words to Learn
10 wordsembankment
a strong wall built to stop water from spilling over
inundate
to cover an area with water
relief
help and support for people in trouble
sanitation
keeping places clean to stop germs
communicable diseases
illnesses that can spread from person to person
drainage
ways for water to flow away
pothole
a hole in the road
infrastructure
the important buildings and systems a community uses
transformer
a machine that changes electricity to the right level
meteorological
related to weather
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