Some coastal towns in North Carolina now flood up to 100 days a year
Climate Connections

Some coastal towns in North Carolina now flood up to 100 days a year

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 14, 20261 min

Sea level rise worsens flooding, cutting people off from work, school, and services. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

Play episode

Opens the player: the full transcript, every word clickable, with translation and flashcards.

Try it: tap any word

Real sentences from the start of this episode. Every word is marked with its level.

Sentence 2 of 12 · 0:07

I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections.

, ,

face flooding, even without rain in sight.

Hear this sentence

Tap a word to see its meaning in your language.

Do you know these words?

8 harder words from this episode. Tap one to see what it means, then mark it.

  • B20:07
  • B20:07
  • B20:22
  • B20:26
  • B20:39
  • B20:55
  • B20:59
  • B21:15

Mark a few words and we'll tell you how this episode fits your level.

Is this episode right for you?

B2

B2 · Upper-intermediate

Comfortable if you already follow TV news

A1 8%A2 46%B1 31%B2 15%C1 0%
  • 85% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 162 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
  • 10 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

Transcript

The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.

0:00

I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections. In Beaufort, Carolina Beach and other coastal towns in North Carolina, residents increasingly face flooding, even without rain in sight. Our tides and our normal changes in ocean water levels are now happening on top of

0:20

higher average sea levels. And that water level is too much for the infrastructure. And so you get roads that are inundated, stormwater drainage systems that don't function anymore. Miyuki Hino of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says flooded roads force people

0:37

to miss work and school. People skip their doctor's appointments and other types of critical errands because the roads are cut off. This might not seem like a big deal, but when this type of flooding is happening 50,

That was the opening. The rest of the episode (1 min) is in the player: every word clickable, with translation, saved words and flashcards.

Continue in the player

Automatically generated from the audio. May contain errors. Audio belongs to its publisher and is played from their feed. Rights holders can request removal — copyright & takedown policy