Listen to the recording and fill in the gaps in the text using the words from the list. On Tuesday, 23rd August 2005, a storm formed over the Bahamas, about 560 km east of Miami, Florida. By August 25, the storm had and become Hurricane Katrina. Residents of the city of New Orleans had no idea that within days, 80% of their city would be in one of the worst in US history. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most storms. As it became stronger over the Gulf of Mexico, the of New Orleans declared a state of and started the city. When the eye of the storm the city by about 72 km, everyone thought the worst was over, but they were very wrong. New Orleans has always been under from of . With the Mississippi River on two sides, Lake Pontchartrain to the north and most of the city 150-300 m below sea level, a series of high walls, called levees, it. As the came ashore, it brought an 800-meter-high storm surge that rode the rivers up to New Orleans. Over a million were in temporary . As the waters rose, people were for help on roofs, and neighborhoods were suffering from . Emergency services struggled to cope. Eventually, the military and the National Guard moved into the city and began to get food and water to the few that remained. After 43 days, army engineers the water. Almost 1,500 people had lost their lives because of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans alone. These days, New Orleans is making a slow . The city has improved the levees, the city is rebuilding itself.

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On Tuesday, 23rd August 2005, a ... storm formed over the Bahamas, about 560 km east of Miami, Florida. By August 25, the storm had ... and become Hurricane Katrina. Residents of the city of New Orleans had no idea that within days, 80% of their city would be in ... one of the worst in ... US history.
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most ... storms. As it became stronger over the Gulf of Mexico, the ... of New Orleans declared a state of ... and started ... the city. When the eye of the storm ... the city by about 72 km, everyone thought the worst was over, but they were very wrong.
New Orleans has always been under from ... of ... .
With the Mississippi River on two sides, Lake Pontchartrain to the north and most of the city 150-300 m below sea level, a series of high walls, called levees, it. As the ... came ashore, it brought an 800-meter-high storm surge that rode the rivers up to New Orleans. Over a million ... were in temporary ... . As the waters rose, people were ... for help on roofs, and neighborhoods were suffering from ... . Emergency services struggled to cope.
Eventually, the military and the National Guard moved into the city and began to get food and water to the few that remained. After 43 days, army engineers ... the water. Almost 1,500 people had lost their lives because of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans alone.
These days, New Orleans is making a slow ... . The city has improved the levees, the city is rebuilding itself.

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