Word Collocation answers.

1. Many small houses and huts were (flooded away) when the river bursts its banks.

2.Poor farming methods are responsible for soil (erosion )in many areas of Saharan African.

3.During the earthquake,many people were( buried )alive.

4.The forest fire left a wide area of the mountainside blackened and (smouldering).

5.Villagers are hoping for rain this month after nearly a year of (drought.)

6. Before the hurricane struck,many people were (evacuated) to higher ground.

7.Thousands of children in the famine-striken area are suffering from (malnutrition).

10.Heavy snow has fallen in the mountains and many villages have been (cut off) for the past two days.

11.The Aids (epidemic) is having serious effects in some countries.

12.Many small islands in the Indian Ocean are threatened by rising sea (levels).