[00:00:00] Hello, everyone. This is Austin Bellino, the host of the educational podcast, Culture to Grow, where you get to travel the world and learn about different cultures from the comfort of your home, maybe your car, or if you're half asleep, your bed. Hello, everyone. This is your host, Austin Bellino, and I'm thrilled to have you join me on this new adventure. In this episode, we will delve into the world of natural disasters and severe weather. As we gather today, Our hearts go out to the people of Morocco who have experienced the devastating impact of a powerful earthquake. This tragic event highlights the unpredictability of our planet and the raw power of mother nature. [00:01:00] Now we turn our attention to the forces of nature that can both awe and challenge us by hearing from guests from around the world, including El Salvador, Italy, China, Pakistan, and Malaysia. First stop, El Salvador. Hi, my name is Helen. I'm from El Salvador in Central America. Firstly, my country is the smallest country in America. Well, here the principal danger is an earthquake because we have a lot of tectonic activities. Maybe because there are a lot of volcanoes. I mean, in El Salvador, there are a lot of earthquakes per day, and I remember the last big earthquake, it was in 2001, I was five years old, and it was really terrible because a lot of people died, and this is the principal danger in my country. [00:02:00] Okay, my name is Joel Tomassetti. I'm from Italy and I'm 18. Here we have earthquakes, like California, and we have, severe, rain. For example, on some nearby cities, like, they are called Senigallia, Ostra, like that, the rain really, really made a mess. Like, basically, the, the quantity of water was that of six months in 15 minutes. So basically the, the river, like, the, the water went out of the ridge where it started, like, going all around and it's all mud. You now they're working to basically get things going again. But, it was, really severe

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