{"id":4238,"date":"2017-09-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=4238"},"modified":"2017-09-21T14:26:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T13:26:28","slug":"ouragan-irma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/ouragan-irma\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouragan Irma"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><b>French reading practice: A2<\/b><br \/>(See the <a href=\"#grammar\">grammar breakdown<\/a>)<\/td>\n<tr><\/table>\n<p>In early September 2017, an enormous hurricane caused untold damage in the Caribbean, devastating several islands. I live on the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, which seemed to be right in the path but was in the end spared the worst of the storm &#8211; here&#8217;s my story. 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