Band 7: Describe a piece of international news that you have recently read. You should say: What was the news about? How did you find the news? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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So in this day and age, it is really easy to expose oneself to various types of news from all over the world. However, the most recent news from another country that I remember is about the hurricane in the US. I encountered this news while watching TikTok, as you may already know. We have TikTok accounts of various news channels from other countries too. I watched a video about the Milton hurricane that hit the state of Florida in the United States of America. I heard that it was one of the biggest hurricanes that this country has faced in recent years. I also saw updates from people living there. They posted their preparation processes for this hurricane, which was really devastating to see. I kept them in my prayers for a long time, but afterwards, I could also see their results. Thankfully, the hurricane wasn't as bad as everyone expected. Most of the houses had some damage to their roofs, windows, and the surrounding trees. There has been a lot of damage, but compared to what people were preparing for, this was really good news that it slowed down while approaching the state of Florida. So yeah, this was the most recent news from abroad that I heard.

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So in this day and age it is really easy to expose oneself into various types of news from all over the world. However, the most recent news from another country that I probably remember is news about the hurricane in the US. So I have encountered this news while I was watching TikTok as you may already know. We have TikTok accounts of various news channels from other countries too. So I watched a video about the Milton hurricane that hit the state of Florida in the United States of America. And I heard that it was one of the biggest hurricanes that this country has faced in the recent years. And I also saw some updates from people who were living there. They posted their preparation processes for this hurricane, which was really devastating to see. I really had them in my prayers for such a long time, but afterwards I could also see their results. And thankfully the hurricane wasn’t as bad as everyone expected. Therefore, most of the houses, of course, they had some damage to their roofs, their windows, and the sound of the trees around the house, etc. There has been a lot of damage, but compared to what people were preparing for, this was really good news that it slowed down while approaching the state of Florida. So yeah, this was the most recent news from abroad that I recently heard.

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