IELTS Speaking Part 2 Candidate Task Card | A Natural Disaster
Describe a natural disaster you heard about You should say: What it was and where it happened When it happened How you heard about it and explain how people reacted when they heard about this disaster. IELTS cue cards Sample Answer Well, there have been many disasters in the news, in various different countries, but one I remember hearing about just the other day was in California , where they have had a severe drought for a long time. Just recently they suffered severe storms caused by El Niño – and there was flash flooding and mudslides which caused a lot of damage to the area, even though they badly needed the torrential rains to ease the drought conditions. The drought was so bad there that the authorities estimated that they would need years of such heavy storms and drenching rains to recover from the water shortfall they have experienced in recent years. El Nino is a weather phenomenon which is caused by the Pacific Ocean becoming warmer and this t...