Listen to the text and fill in the gaps, choosing the words from the list. On 11th March 2011, at 14:46 local time, an undersea struck off the northeastern coast of Japan. The force of the earthquake, the most in Japan’s history, a devastating tsunami. Many thousands of people lost their lives and roads, buildings and villages were swept away. The world faced a partial nuclear and the planet moved on its , shortening the length of every day by 1.8 milliseconds. It was a terrible national that the country will need a great deal of time to from. In the days before the main earthquake, Japan had quite a few , some of which exceeded 7, but nothing could prepare the nation for the , a magnitude 9 quake. It was strong enough to be felt hundreds of kilometers away in Tokyo where buildings shook and many office workers ran out onto the streets . Closer to the , buildings collapsed, roads and railways were apart and fire . Much worse was yet to come as the issued a tsunami . residents headed for high ground, rooftops, or upper floors of buildings. Soon after, a wall of water, 10 m high in some places, across the Pacific Ocean and crashed into the coast. It washed away houses and cars and ships far inland, carrying them along and them into whatever lay in their path. One giant wave even through an airport in Sendai, leaving 1,300 people on the upper floors. The waters up to 10 km inland before heading back out to sea, now loaded with debris and leaving a swamp-like landscape of and mud. TV viewers couldn’t believe their eyes as these scenes were broadcast around the world. By this time, many areas were without electricity as pylons had which caused a major at Japan’s nuclear stations. Without power, the cooling system at the Fukushima No.1 Plant failed. The immediately ordered an of hundreds of thousands of residents. Explosions rocked the plant as courageous struggled to control the and prevent a nuclear meltdown. Over the next few days, a large number of continued to shake Japan, causing plenty of problems for teams as they raced to find . Several countries sent relief workers and the world held its breath while it waited to see how the tragedy would end. Sadly, there were hardly any survivors. Over 15,000 people that day and thousands more were missing. Several amazing tales of came to the attention of the world’s press, though. A 4-month-old baby girl was pulled from the four days after the earthquake. A man was found to his rooftop as it was floating 14 km out at sea 2 days after the tsunami. And there was the Japanese student in California, for news of her lost family, who found them on a YouTube news clip. It showed her sister holding up a sign and sending a desperately-needed of hope across the world: “We all .”

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On 11th March 2011, at 14:46 local time, an undersea ... struck off the northeastern coast of Japan. The force of the earthquake, the most ... in Japan’s history, ... a devastating tsunami. Many thousands of people lost their lives and roads, buildings and ... villages were swept away. The world faced a partial nuclear ... and the planet moved on its ... , shortening the length of every day by 1.8 milliseconds. It was a terrible national ... that the country will need a great deal of time to ... from.
In the days before the main earthquake, Japan had ... quite a few ... , some of which exceeded ... 7, but nothing could prepare the nation for the ... , a magnitude 9 quake. It was strong enough to be felt hundreds of kilometers away in Tokyo where buildings shook ... and many office workers ran out onto the streets ... . Closer to the ... , buildings collapsed, roads and railways were ... apart and fire ... . Much worse was yet to come as the ... issued a tsunami ... . ... residents headed for high ground, rooftops, or upper floors of buildings. Soon after, a wall of water, 10 m high in some places, ... across the Pacific Ocean and crashed into the coast. It washed away houses and cars and ... ships far inland, carrying them along and ... them into whatever lay in their path. One giant wave even ... through an airport in Sendai, leaving 1,300 people ... on the upper floors. The waters ... up to 10 km inland before heading back out to sea, now loaded with debris and leaving a swamp-like landscape of ... and mud. TV viewers couldn’t believe their eyes as these scenes were broadcast around the world.
By this time, many areas were without electricity as pylons had ... which caused a major ... at Japan’s nuclear ... stations. Without power, the cooling system at the Fukushima No.1 Plant failed. The ... immediately ordered an ... of hundreds of thousands of residents. Explosions rocked the plant as courageous ... struggled to control the ... and prevent a nuclear meltdown.
Over the next few days, a large number of ... continued to shake Japan, causing plenty of problems for ... teams as they raced to find ... . Several countries sent relief workers and the world held its breath while it waited to see how the tragedy would end. Sadly, there were hardly any survivors.
Over 15,000 people ... that day and thousands more were missing. Several amazing tales of ... came to the attention of the world’s press, though. A 4-month-old baby girl was pulled ... from the ... four days after the earthquake. A man was found ... to his rooftop as it was
floating 14 km out at sea 2 days after the tsunami. And there was the Japanese student in California, ... for news of her lost family, who found them on a YouTube news clip. It showed her sister holding up a sign and sending a desperately-needed ... of hope across the world: “We all ... .”

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