Complete the article with the correct form of the verbs in exercise 4 (survive, washing away, relocate, die out, evacuated, devastate, preserve, contaminating, spread).
Islands in the Pacific aren't the only places to suffer from floods. Nebraska, a landlocked state in the American Midwest, shouldn't have any islands. But recent flooding 1. ......... towns and created islands where there is usually dry land. People were unable to protect their homes or 2. ......... their belongings as the flood 3. ......... their houses. The storms and flooding were unexpected, so emergency services didn't manage to 4. ......... everyone in time. Sadly, some people didn't 5. ......... . The floods also 6. ......... water supplies, so the government 7. ......... many people to nearby towns to stop sickness from 8. ......... . It took time for the storm to 9. ......... and for the water level in the Missouri River to return to normal. Flooding is getting worse each year in the Midwest. Is this the new normal?
Islands in the Pacific aren't the only places to suffer from floods. Nebraska, a landlocked state in the American Midwest, shouldn't have any islands. But recent flooding 1. ......... towns and created islands where there is usually dry land. People were unable to protect their homes or 2. ......... their belongings as the flood 3. ......... their houses. The storms and flooding were unexpected, so emergency services didn't manage to 4. ......... everyone in time. Sadly, some people didn't 5. ......... . The floods also 6. ......... water supplies, so the government 7. ......... many people to nearby towns to stop sickness from 8. ......... . It took time for the storm to 9. ......... and for the water level in the Missouri River to return to normal. Flooding is getting worse each year in the Midwest. Is this the new normal?
1. devastated
2. preserve
3.washing away
4. evacuated
5. survive
6. contaminating
7. relocate
8. spread
9. die out