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Pakistan's climate catastrophe

Floods caused by record monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed over a thousand people and affected over 33 million others. 

Neil and Beth teach you the vocabulary used in the headlines about this story.

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The story 

Floods caused by record monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed over a thousand people and affected over 33 million others.

It’s thought the cost of dealing with the crisis will reach over 10 billion dollars. One of Pakistan’s regional governments has called the disaster a “climate change catastrophe”.

Key words and phrases

on steroids
a more extreme version

• This video game is like the old version on steroids.
• Smartphones are like mobile phones on steroids.

swamped
suddenly filled with water; have too much work to do

• The land became swamped after the storms.
• The students were swamped with work before their exams.

hallmarks
typical signs of something

• The crime had all the hallmarks of the mafia.
• Flooding is one of the hallmarks of climate change.

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