Mother Nature Shows Her Strength Tornadoes(龙卷风)and heavy thunderstorms moved across the Great Lakes and into Trumbull County on Saturday evenin9．The storms were dramaticand dangerous. George Snyder was driving the fire truck down Route 88 when he firstnoticed that a funnel(漏斗状的)cloud was behind him。“I stopped the truck and watched the fun neI cjoud.It was about l 00 feet off the groundand l saw it go up and down for a while.It wasmovina toward Bradley Road and then suddenly itdisappeared,”Snyder said- Snyder only saw one of the funnel clouds that passed throughnortheastern Ohio On Saturdav．In Trumbull County，atornado turned trees onto their sides。Some trees fell ontohouses and cars．Other trees fell into telephone and electrical wires as they went down． Amanda Symcheck was having a party when the storm began．“l knew something waswrong,'she said．“I saw the sky go green and pink(粉红色)．Then it sounded like a train rushing toward the house．I started crying and toldeveryone to go to the basemenl forprotection，” The tornado caused a lot of damage to cars and houses in the area．It will take a longtime and much money to repair everythin9．There was also serious water damage from the thunderstorms．Theheavy rains and high wind caused the power to go out in manyhomes. The storms caused serious flooding in areas near the river．More than four inches of rainfell in parts of Trumbull County．The river was SO high that the water ran into streets andhouses.Many streets had to be closed to cars and trucks because of the highwater.This made it difficult for fire trucks，police cars，and other rescue vehicles to help people whowere in trouble． Many people who live near the river had to leave their homes for theirown safety,some peopie reported five feet of water intheir homes．Localand state officials opened energency shelters for the people who wereevacuated(撇走)．The Red Cross served mealsto them. “This was a really intense storm，”said Snyder．“Peoplewere afraid．Mother Nature canbe fierce．Wewere lucky this time．No one was killed．” 第 16 题 The weather was nice in Trumbull County on Saturday evening.