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Every year, thousands of people's lives are affected by disasters. This week the editor Becky in News Magazine interviewed a disaster survivor Fiona.
Becky: Fiona, you were in a cyclone(龙卷风). Where was that?
Fiona: In north Australia, in Normanton. That's where I live.
Becky: What did you do when the cyclone 1.
arrived
?
Fiona: We all stayed inside, in the basement, because that's the 2.
safest
place. We could hear the storm coming closer and closer. The noise was awful. At one point there was a really loud noise. I thought, "That's it! It's going to destroy the house!" I was 3.
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Becky: And what happened after the cyclone?
Fiona: There were terrible floods. More than 360 millimetres of rain fell in just twenty-four hours. The army had to bring food and water to the 4.
whole
area by plane and helicopter. The strangest thing was that water from the coast and rivers flooded the land and carried three crocodiles(鳄鱼) near my house! One of my neighbours hit a crocodile with his car—it was 1.6 metres long.
Becky: Really? That's hard to believe! So is everything back to normal(正常) again now?
Fiona: Not really. The floods have gone, but they destroyed a lot of homes and farms. It's going to cost at least 110 million dollars to repair the damage.
Becky: Is the weather usually this bad?
Fiona: No, but this summer was very hot. If it stays hot, maybe there will be 5.
another
cyclone. All the experts (专家) say that the chances of extreme temperatures and heavy rain will increase because of climate change.