Complete the following text with the correct words derived from the words in bold. The first one has been done as
an example.
The island of Madagascar was in a state of total (0) ...devastation... (devastate) yesterday after Hurricane Geralda wrecked
millions of dollars worth of land and property over a two-day period.
The island was lashed by (1)________(torrent) rain and winds of up to 350 kilometres per hour (220 miles per hour).
Seventy people were killed and 500,000 were left (2) _________ (home). In the city of Toamasina alone, 80,000 people lost
their homes.
The main (3) _________(commerce) port of the island was almost destroyed and 70 per cent of the island's farmland was
completely (4) ________ (flood). There were (5) _________ (heartbreak) scenes as people returned to the (6) ________
(flatten) ruins that were once their homes.
Hurricanes gather speed and strength over water, and Geralda travelled over a large area of water before it hit the island of
Madagascar. This is part of the reason why the storm struck so (7) ________(severe).
Experts say that earlier (8) __________(warn) would not have prevented the damage, but steps are now being taken to
reinforce many of the (9) ________(damage) areas in order to be better prepared should such a (10) ________(power) storm
hit again.