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រៀនអង់គ្លេស តាមរយ:សារព័ត៌មានថ្មីៗ

Cyclone Debbie: Two women killed as floods hit eastern Australia

ដកស្រង់ចេញពីសារព័ត៌មានអង់គ្លេស (BBC) ចេញផ្សាយនៅថ្ងៃទី៣១ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។

Two women have died and more people are feared to have drowned as two Australian states are hit by floods in the wake of Cyclone Debbie, authorities say.

The body of a woman who disappeared from an area just south of the Queensland border on Thursday was found by a family member.

The second victim died after the car she was in was swept away.

Both incidents occurred in New South Wales (NSW). The storm has moved out to sea after making landfall on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated from northern NSW and southern Queensland.

The woman found by a member of her family on Friday had “disappeared in floodwaters overnight” from a rural property in Upper Burringbar, near Murwillumbah, NSW police said.

Lismore, south of Murwillumbah near the NSW coast, was one of the worst-hit areas, with the State Emergency Service (SES) warning of 3m (10ft) flood levels in the town.

In many towns floodwaters are continuing to rise after the category four cyclone saw some areas experience three times their average monthly rainfall on Thursday alone.

Some people’s pleas for help had gone unanswered because it was too dangerous to try to reach them, he added.

In Queensland, the Gold Coast and other nearby regions have received between 10cm and 30cm (4in to 12in) of rainfall in just two days, officials said.

Vocabulary (វាក្យសព្ទ)

Flood  /flʌd/  (N) large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry. (ទឹកជំនន់)

Authority /ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/ (N) a group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity.( អាជ្ញាធរ )

Incident /ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/ (N) an event that is either unpleasant or unusual.(ឧប្បត្តិហេតុ)

Storm /stɔːrm/ (N)an extreme weather condition with very strong windheavy rain, and often thunder and lightning.(ព្យុះ)

Landfall /ˈlænd.fɔːl/ (N) a sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down a hillcliff etc.(ការរអិលបាក់ដី)

Resident /ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/  ( N ) person who lives or has their home in a place. (អ្នកស្រុក)

Cyclone /ˈsaɪ.kləʊn/  (N)violent tropical storm or wind in which the air moves very fast in circular direction.(ព្យុះស៊ីក្លូន)

Average /ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/  (N) the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number of amounts.( មធ្យម )

Region /ˈriː.dʒən/ (N) a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country is divided.( តំបន់ )

 

 

 

 

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