Earthquakes hit Afghanistan

Learning English from the News

2025-09-03

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(Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story A major aftershock has hit eastern Afghanistan, just days after an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the region. More than 1,400 people have been killed and 3,000 more injured, according to the Taliban government. The region is difficult to access because it is mountainous, and rescuers have been searching for people trapped under mud and stone homes in the area. Entire villages have been destroyed. News headlines Second Afghan quake brings more trauma to the shattered region SBS Australia Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake ‘wipes out’ villages UN News Earthquake adds to 'perfect storm' of problems hitting Afghanistan, says UN Sky News Key words and phrases shattered badly damaged underway describes something that has started a perfect storm a situation, usually negative, that happens because of a combination of circumstances Next  Find all our news programmes. Learn more about the environment in English. Find an A-Z list of all our programmes.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,

  • our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, earthquakes hit Afghanistan.

  • Hello, I'm Beth.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • In this programme,

  • we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

  • So, let's hear more about the story.

  • A major aftershock has hit eastern Afghanistan just days after an earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale hit the region.

  • The region is difficult to access

  • because it's mountainous and rescuers have been searching for people trapped under mud and stone homes in the area.

  • Entire villages have been destroyed.

  • Rescue efforts have also been complicated because landslides have blocked roads.

  • Let's have our first headline, this one from SBS Australia.

  • And that headline again from SBS Australia.

  • This headline says this second quake has brought more trauma to Afghanistan.

  • Trauma is an experience that's very distressing and devastating.

  • The headline describes the region as shattered.

  • Now, literally...