This is a story about a storm in Moscow. It happened two and a half years ago. It was my first time to see such a _______ storm.

It was a sunny day in July, and I was at home watching TV. The window was open because the weather was so _______. Suddenly, I felt a strong wind from outside. I looked out of the window and saw a black sky and trees _______ over because of the strong wind. I tried to _______ the window, but the wind made me fall down. I was afraid that the glass might break. I stood up and tried to close the window again. _______, I made it.

Then I looked outside. I found that the big tree in front of my house was going to fall to the ground and its _______ had broken off. There was frequent thunder and lightning. I started to _______ all the appliances (电器）as quickly as possible.

After a while, the wind stopped, but it began to hail (下冰雹). After about ten minutes, everything stopped, and the Sun came out again. How _______ the weather is! A few minutes later, the phone began to ring. It was my friend. We asked each other how it was and how we felt after the storm.

In the streets, many trees died because of the _______. For a few days, people helped clean parks and gardens. Some people’s cars were damaged by trees’ falling on them. The ________ tells me that in the face of natural disasters, human beings are insignificant (微不足道的).We can’t stop them, but we must protect ourselves from them.

A terrible storm swept through two villages last year. It started at around 2:00 p.m. and ________ for only 30 minutes. ________ it caused a lot of damage (损失).

The houses of more than 32 families fell down. The windows of twenty houses were ________ and there were many holes on the top of the houses. Several people were badly hurt and taken to the ________. Over two hundred people were homeless after the ________. I was one of them, and I also lost ________ home.

I still ________ that I was having dinner with my parents when I heard a strange and loud noise (声音). A few minutes later, our house ________ on top of us. We tried our best to climb out. But after climbing out, I couldn’t ________ my mother. So I went back inside of the fallen house ________ and took her out.

I looked ________ outside and found the village in a(n) ________. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. Just then I ________ my neighbor Mr. Wang was under his fallen house. I told my father and we ran to ________ him. Soon, the storm was dying down, and all the neighbors started to help each other. ________ the storm broke many things apart, it brought people closer together.

It was October 24, 2021. The news on TV ________ that a heavy rainstorm was on the way to the north of California, the USA. Hearing the news, people ________ to prepare necessary things for the rainstorm, such as candles, matches and flashlights. They also made sure to close all the windows. In the evening, the rainstorm finally came with strong ________. Soon it started to rain heavily. This has been the heaviest rainstorm in California since 1995.

The heavy rainstorm ________ the power failure (停电). Without power, thousands of people had to use candles or flashlights to give ________. What was worse, the heavy rain made it difficult for people to fall ________.

The rain didn’t ________ until the next morning. It caused the water levels (水位) in the rivers to rise ________. As a result, many areas were under water. The heavy rainstorm also caused mudslides (泥石流). Rubbish and ________ trees were everywhere. After the heavy rainstorm, people in the north of California had to work hard to make their life ________ to normal.