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Complete the gaps with the correct word. Then d
put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
I was flying to New York City 1)................
friend Mark and I 2).......... thrilled. On the plane
heald
3)..
(hear) about a hurrica
4)............. Jamaica. That was 24th October. By 26
it. Sand
October, everyone was talking 5) al
which was the hurricane's name, was moving north an
6).......... (get) stronger.
mashin
Three days later I was sitting in Mark's flat 7)
the sky went dark. Soon, it was pouring 8)....
and the wind was blowing things up and 9)...... .the
streets outside. Suddenly, water started coming up t
road from the river. The 10)........ area was flooding
and Mark's flat was only 11)…the first floor.
A week later, parts of New York were 12).....
under water, and many New Yorkers were witho
electricity. The emergency services were workin
13)........... the clock. Sandy caused damage worth $
billion 14). the USA alone. 15)..
east 199 people lost 16)... lives. Nobody who
17).. met Sandy was likely to forget her.