Obeying can save your life
December 26th, 2014. A earthquake of magnitude 9,1 shook the Simeulue Islands (Indonesia). Many people saw the sea draw away more than ussual. Immediately, everybody ran to the hills, screaming: "Smong, Smong!", which means in the local language: "Tsunami". Less than 30 minutes, giants waves beat the coast, destroying every houses and villages.
The Simeulue Islands were the first islands who received the tsunami. However, only seven of 78,000 peoples died in these islands. Why? A famous proverb from this area says: "if there is a earthquake and the sea moves off, run to the hills because it will strongly comes back. Obeying the warning sings saved the life of the population in the Simeulue Islands.
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Obeying can save your life
December 26th, 2014. An earthquake of magnitude 9,1 shook the Simeulue Islands (Indonesia). Many people saw the sea draw away more than usual. Immediately, everybody ran to the hills, screaming: "Smong, Smong!", which means in the local language: "Tsunami". Less than 30 minutes later, giant waves beat the coast, destroying every house and village.The Simeulue Islands were the first islands that received the tsunami. However, only seven of 78,000 people died in these islands. Why? A famous proverb from this area says: "if there is an earthquake and the sea moves off, run to the hills because it will come back strongly. Obeying the warning signs saved the lives of the people in the Simeulue Islands.
I would not say "received the tsunami." While this is technically correct grammar, it's an uncommon way to express the idea. I would say "experienced the tsunami."
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Obeying can save your life
December 26th, 2014. A earthquake of magnitude 9.1 shook the Simeulue Islands (Indonesia). Many people saw the sea draw away more than ussual. Immediately, everybody ran to the hills, screaming: "Smong, Smong!", which means in the local language: "Tsunami". Less than 30 minutes later, giants waves beat the coast, destroying every houses and villages.The Simeulue Islands were the first islands hit by who received the tsunami. However, only seven of the 78,000 inhabitants of these islands peoples died in these islands. Why? A famous proverb from this area says: "if there is a earthquake and the sea moves off, run to the hills because it will strongly comes back. Obeying the warning signs saved many lives the life of the population in the Simeulue Islands.
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