大雨 Heavy rain

ニュージーランドの南島[みなみじま](= the south island)の南の方[ほう]では、大雨が降[ふ]りました。そして大きな被害[ひがい](= damage)が出ています。日本もそうなんです。今は、本州[ほんしゅう]の北[きた]の方にある、秋田[あきた]で、大雨が降りました。電車[でんしゃ]が止[と]まり、道[みち]は通行[つうこう][ど]め(= closed)、そして人々は避難[ひなん]して(= to evacuate)います。日本の新聞[しんぶん]を読[よ]みましたが、秋田に50年住んでいる人がこんな大雨は初[はじ]めてだ、と言っていたそうです。ここ最近[さいきん]、世界中[せかいじゅう]で(= all over the world)、異常[いじょう]な(= extraordinary)お天気が見られます。

被害[ひがい]にあった場所[ばしょ]のお天気[てんき]がよくなって、人々[ひとびと]が早[はや]くふつうの生活[せいかつ]に戻[もど]れる(= to be able to return)ことを祈[いの]るばかりです。

We had so much rain here, in New Zealand recently, particularly the southern part of the South Island. This sort of heavy rain is happening in Japan too. Akita, the northern area of Honshu, the main island of Japan, has experienced huge amount of rain lately. Trains have stopped, some roads are closed and people had to evacuate… I read a Japanese newspaper article reporting that people who have lived in the area for the past 50 years saying they had never experienced this amount of rain before. Nowadays, we see this type of extreme weather all over the world.

We all hope the weather of those affected areas will soon get better and people could go back to their normal life.

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