عنوان درس: توفان های مرگبار در شرق آسیا

به گزارش گوش بدهيد

China moved almost a million people from its coastal provinces to safer areas before Typhoon Morakat hit the mainland on Sunday. Heavy rain triggered landslides and caused several hundred houses to collapse, but the effects weren't as bad as might have been feared, after the damage it had wreaked elsewhere.

The storm had caused the worst flooding in 50 years in Taiwan. They're still working there to free thousands of people who remain trapped, and searching for the dozens who are missing.

In Japan, there were more casualties, as a different typhoon caused severe problems along the western coast of the country. Again torrential downpours triggered landslides and flooding. One man was found drowned inside his car, a woman was found dead in a gutter.

Chris Hogg, BBC News, Shanghai

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coastal provinces
استان های ساحلی

the mainland
خاک اصلی یک کشور یعنی بدون جزیره های اطراف آن

triggered
موجب شد، باعث.....شد

landslides
رانش زمین، ریزش کوه و غیره

to collapse
در اینجا: فرو ریختن

the effects weren't as bad as might have been feared
خسارات (ناشی از توفان) در آن حدی که مردم بیم داشتند نبود

the damage it had wreaked
خساراتی که به وجود آورده بود

casualties
تلفات، کشته شدگان

torrential downpours
باران های سیل آسا، باران شدید

gutter
دراینجا: جوی آب