Officials said the blaze__________________ (damage) five houses in the area.2. Before Hurricane Sandy struck the US Northeast, it_________ (kill) 72 people in theCaribbean.3. US Weather Service_________ (not issue) any warning by the time the tornado moved toa City nearby.4. As of Monday night, more 10,149 people_________ (leave) their homes across theprovince.5. We _________ (not experience) any natural disasters before we were trapped in anavalanche last month.6. What_________ (the government/ do) by the time the mudslide occurred?7. El Nino weather_________ (hit) Mekong Delta as the worst drought in 90 years, report said.8. Many local people said that they_________ (never/ see) such a fierce storm in their life.9. Those evacuees_________ (not return) home by late December.10. _________ (people/ evacuate) the area when the hurricane hit?IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.1. By the time the firefighters_________ (arrive), the fire_________ (already destroy)over 50 hectares of pine forests.2. Two people_________ (report) that flames_________ (trap) them inside a smoke-filledapartment.3. It_________ (rain) all morning before the tornado_________ (touch) down.4. They_________ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody_________(tell) them.5. _________ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire_________ (start)?6. The post_________ (not arrive) when I_________ (leave) home this morning.7. It_________ (be) cloudy for days before it_________ (start) to rain heavilyand_________ (flood) the whole City.8. When I_________ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I_________ (leave) my ticket athome. 9. After Tom and his neighbours_________ (put out) the fire, the fire engines_________(arrive) at the cottage.10. She_________ (recognize) the warning signs that she_________ (learn) in a schoollesson on tsunami two days before.11. By the time the rescuers_________ (arrive), they_________ (run) out of food and water.12. The rescue team_________ (find) the child after they_________ (search) for ten hours