Big floods in Mauritius
Eleven people died in floods in Mauritius. People usually died in the underground because water went there very fast. They couldn't run away.
The rain came on Saturday. The roads changed into rivers in two hours. Firemen and doctors were working nonstop. But not everybody could be saved.
More rain is coming. It will bring more floods soon. People hope that the next floods will not be so big. They don't want more trouble.
Interesting words: flood (water out of a river), trouble (problems).
Dangerous bullfights in Colombia
Bad things happened in northern Colombia. It was at a bull fighting festival. Men tried to control the bulls. The bulls hit some men. The bulls killed two of the men.
One person was killed by a bull's horn. The horn went into his heart. That's what the doctors said. Another person died in the hospital.
Fifteen other people were attacked on the second day of the bullfighting festival. The festival was at the Caribbean Sea.
This sport is very dangerous. People who like animals protest against it. But this sport is still popular in Colombia.
Interesting words: bull (male cow), fighting (hitting or trying to kill somebody), horn (sharp hard thing on the head of a bull).
Ground opened under a man
A hole opened under a man in a city in China. It was very fast and the man fell in the hole. This terrible moment was filmed by cameras. The man was under ground and people tried to get to him.
Some moments before that terrible moment, people felt how the ground was moving. Now people try to understand why the hole opened under the man. Workers are putting bags into the hole. The bags are full of sand.
Interesting words: terrible (very bad), moving (changing from one position to another position).
People help a baby gorilla
People from a zoo are parents for a baby gorilla. The little gorilla was born in January in Texas. Her mother left the little gorilla. Ten people are her parents now.
People want to find a real gorilla mother for her. It can take some months. Before it happens, people must help the little gorilla. They will do what gorillas do with their babies. For example, they will have special black clothes which look like a gorilla. People say that the little gorilla is OK and grows quickly.
Interesting words: look like (be like), grow (be bigger and bigger).
Heavy footballer is an internet star
A fat man is an internet star. Now many people in the world know him. The man's name is Andrew Cassidy and he is 127 kilograms. A group of visitors liked his play with a ball. They filmed him. They put the video on YouTube. The video started to be very popular. It now has two million views. Andrew still can't believe it.
Andrew is very talented. He practices two hours a day. People from his hometown know him very well. Andrew is an internet star now and he could be on a British TV show soon.
Interesting words: view (moment when somebody sees a video), hometown (town where you lived as a child).