You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about rain and flooding in Gaza.

Flooding is water covering land that is usually dry.

You’ll hear useful words from the bulletin about rain and flooding in Gaza.

A bulletin is a short news report.

You heard “displaced” in the news.

Here, displaced means forced to leave home.

For example: The displaced family stayed with relatives after their house was damaged.

Here, displaced describes a family forced to leave its home.

For example: The displaced family stayed with relatives after their house was damaged.

Relatives are people in your family.

You heard “flooded” in the news.

Here, flooded means covered with water.

For example: Heavy rain flooded the basement of the house.

Flooded means that rainwater covered the basement.

For example: Heavy rain flooded the basement of the house.

A basement is a room or level below the ground floor.

You heard “hardship” in the news.

Hardship is a difficult situation or condition.

For example: The long power outage caused hardship for families in the neighborhood.

Hardship means difficulty caused for the families by the long loss of electricity.

For example: The long power outage caused hardship for families in the neighborhood.

A power outage is a time when electricity is not available.