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Write a report with the help of the following words:
floods, river water, injured people, food packets, rescue work, camps, dead bodies, dead animals floating in the water, houses underwater, aerial survey (to see the scene of the disaster from a plane), sad people, diseases spread by dirty water, homeless people, trapped people.
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Solution
Guwahati, Aug1, 2005
The flood situation in Assam has worsened with the death of about 500 people in the last three days. Due to the heavy monsoons, the river water level of the adjoining Brahmaputra river has further risen above the danger mark. The Regional Meteorological Centre here warned of more rain and thundershowers.
An aerial survey of the place was conducted to estimate the loss. The area has about 8000 houses underwater, two hundred dead bodies of man and animals floating in the water. The state government has opened 2500 temporary camps besides lodging the flood-hit, sad, and homeless people in trying their best to provide help and support to the trapped people. They have been provided with food packets, drinking water, milk, etc. Doctors are working voluntarily to provide free treatment to injured and ill people and also providing measures to prevent water-borne diseases.
The government has announced to pay Rs. 2 lakh to the family members of the deceased and Rs. One lakh to all the flood-hit families, as compensation.
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