Natural Disasters (Use of English)

Kevin Parfait from Martinique tells about a disaster experience: "This story ... about seven years ago. "

At that time I was only eleven years old, but images of that week are still ... if it all happened yesterday.

During that week, we had to face ... to the most powerful hurricane Martinique ... .

The fact that I was little increased the effects of such an experience. I can still hear the noise of the wind ... on the taped windows that were shaking.

Outside, everything was flying or moving: trees, papers, plastics. But the nightmare was not that phase when we were just afraid without ... other possibilities.

The real one was after it hit. In fact, the hurricane ... the island only once, but three times, causing more and more damage at each crossing.

During the entire week following that event, we ... to go out of the house.

All the roads ... cut off, and we did not have running water or phones.

Under those conditions, ... part was having no contact with the rest of my family living around the island.

The feeling of presuming the death of your close friends and relatives was hard to endure. We ... like that was for one horrible week before everything ... . For me, those seven days were a real nightmare.