REPORTED SPEECH 

The indirect style or reported speech is the way in which you can tell, explain, write or say something in your own words, changing the tense to the past. It differs from direct speech in this way, since direct speech implies that you say or write everything textual and exact as it happened.

Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.

-  Direct speech:  *  I work in a bank,' said Daniel.

                            *  I am exhausted. 

.  Indirect speech:* Daniel said that he worked in a bank.

                             * He said (that) he was exhausted. 

NATURAL DISASTERS 

Natural disasters are large-scale geological or meteorological events that have the potential to cause loss of life or property.

These types of disasters include:

- Tornadoes and severe storms: Tornadoes are outgrowths of powerful thunderstorms that appear as rotating, funnel-shaped clouds. They extend from a thunderstorm to the ground with violent winds that average 30 miles per hour

- Hurricanes and tropical storms: Hurricanes are types of tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Pacific Ocean. 

- Floods: Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States. They occur when land that is normally dry experiences an overflow of water. Several events cause floods, including hurricanes and tropical storms, failed dams or levees, and flash floods that occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall. 

- Wildfires: Wildfires are usually triggered by lightning or accidents and often go unnoticed at first. They can spread quickly and are especially destructive if they occur near forests, rural areas, remote mountain sites, and other woodland settings where people live. 

- Earthquakes: An earthquake is the shifting of the Earth’s plates, which results in a sudden shaking of the ground that can last for a few seconds to a few minutes. Within seconds, mild initial shaking can strengthen and become violent.

 

- Drought: A drought is a normal, reoccurring weather event that can vary in intensity and duration by region of the country and even by location within a state. Drought occurs when there is lower than average precipitation over a significant period of time, usually a season or more.