Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Falling Glass From Loop High-Rise Causes Street Closure

HIGH THAT IT TOPPLED A TREE

LIKE THIS ONE.

GOOD AFTERNOON I AM ROB

JOHNSON.

I AM IRIKA SARGENT.

WE BEGIN WITH THE WEATHER

WATCH.

WE HAVE LIFE TEAM COVERAGE OF

THE POWERFUL WIND AND THE

DAMAGE AND LEFT BEHIND.

REPORTER: GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE AREA BEHIND ME HAS BEEN

TAPED OFF SINCE ABOUT 1:30 THIS

AFTERNOON.

AS YOU EXPECT IT HAS SNARLED

TRAFFIC.

FOR THE MOST PART IT REMAINS

BLOCKED OFF.

POLICE REMAIN HERE FOR SAFETY.

FALLING GLASS LITTERS THE

SIDEWALK OUTSIDE BLOCK 37

DOWNTOWN.

SOME SMASHED INTO A CAR BELOW.

STREETS HAVE BEEN ROPED OFF

AFTER DANGEROUS WIND GUST

SHATTERED A WINDOW HIGH ABOVE

THE STREET.

YOU COULD FEEL THE BAIL --

BUILDING SWAYING.

REPORTER: CHICAGO SKYSCRAPERS

HAVE TO CHANNEL THE GUSTS INTO

URBAN WIND TUNNEL.

THE FORCE KICKING A PEOPLE'S

GLASSES NOT TO MENTION DEBRIS

AND DIRT.

HE TURNED AROUND BECAUSE --

BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WINDY.

AND YOU FEEL THAT ON YOUR

FACE?

THAT IS LIKE HAIL.

WHEN YOU SAW YOUR CAR WHAT

WAS YOUR REACTION?

OH MY GOD.

REPORTER: A LIGHT POST GAVE

WAY TO THE WIND DAMAGING TO

VEHICLES.

THE WIND MANAGED TO TURN A

PIECE OF PATIO FURNITURE INTO A

MISSILE.

I SAW IT AND I RAN

DOWN.REPORTER: [

INDISCERNIBLE ] SAID FURNITURE

BLUE ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM THE

NEARBY DECK SHATTERING A WINDOW

HE WAS NEAR.

THE CRASHING [ INDISCERNIBLE

].

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE

WIND?

THIS IS THE WINDY CITY.

REPORTER: FIRE TRUCKS REMAIN

IN THE BACKGROUND AS THAT

WINDOW HIGH ABOVE THE AREA IS

BEING TENDED TO.

WE SHOULD POINT OUT FORTUNATELY

ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT WE

TALKED ABOUT IN THAT STORY NO

ONE WAS INJURED.