Coastal damage in Chile – answers
questions
- What is Chile facing? the ‘aftermath’ of a devastating earthquake
- How strong was the earthquake? 8.8 in magnitude, very strong
- How does the reporter describe the seaside resort town featured in the report? as a landscape filled with debris and signs of what life was like before the quake hit
- Which phrase describes the state of the houses along the water’s edge? ‘in shambles’
- Who is the man interviewed looking for? his wife
- Where were they when the earthquake struck? in their truck
- What did the water do? swept them away
- Who came and found the man? he does not know
- Where has he been looking? everywhere, in the hospitals
- How many people have died? at least 708
- Why did the President call for calm? because people have looted (stolen things) stores (for food and provisions) in the worst hit areas
- How many have lost homes? over 2 million people