This English classroom video from National Geographic gives a nice explanation of tsunamis.
Watch the ESL video and answer these listening comprehension questions.
- What are the signs that a tsunami is coming?
- What does tsunami mean in Japanese?
- Why does Japan get lots of tsunamis?
- What is the main cause of a tsunami?
- What makes an earthquake?
- How fast do underwater waves travel?
- How is a tsunami wave different from a normal wave?
- What happens when a tsunami recedes?
- How many waves are usually in a tsunami? How often do they come?
- When was the deadliest tsunami? How many people died?