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1. Hurricane Wilma plows ashore as a Category 3 storm battering southern Florida with tornados, high winds and pounding waves.
2. Three massive vehicle bombs explode near a Baghdad hotel that houses many western journalists, killing at least 20 people.
3. President Bush names top White House econimic advisor Ben Bernanke to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
4. Scuba diving teams pull nearly 250 people from their homes in Cuba after waves churned by Wilma flood the capital Havana.
5. And in Tbilisi Georgia residents celebrate City Day by drinking freshly pressed wine, listening to music and watching folk dancing.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. tornado
tornado tornadoes or tornados
A tornado is a violent wind storm consisting of a tall column of air which spins round very fast and causes a lot of damage.
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2. scuba diving
scuba diving
Scuba diving is the activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment. The equipment consists of cylinders of air which you carry on your back and which are connected to your mouth by rubber tubes.
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scuba dive
I signed up to learn how to scuba dive.
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