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Flash floods hit northern Pakistan in August 2025CEFR A1
2 Sept 2025
Adapted from Rezwan, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
73 words
- Flash floods hit northern Pakistan in August 2025.
- The floods have killed over 800 people since late June.
- Many homes and roads were destroyed.
- People in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan suffered.
- Rescue teams are working and people are evacuated.
- Water rose in rivers like the Sutlej and Ravi.
- A glacier burst in Gilgit-Baltistan in the third week of August.
- At least 200 people were moved to safety after the burst.
Difficult words
- flood — A large amount of water that covers land.floods
- destroy — To cause something to end completely.destroyed
- home — A place where people live.homes
- displace — To force someone to leave their home.displaced
- rescue — To save someone from danger.
- victim — A person harmed by an event.victims
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Discussion questions
- How do floods affect communities?
- What can be done to help the victims?
- Why is it important to have rescue teams?
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