Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Officials said the blaze_________ (damage) five houses in the area.

2. Before Hurricane Sandy struck the US Northeast, it_________ (kill) 72 people in the Caribbean.

3. US Weather Service_________ (not issue) any warning by the time the tornado moved to a City nearby.

4. As of Monday night, more 10,149 people_________ (leave) their homes across the province.

5. We _________ (not experience) any natural disasters before we were trapped in an avalanche 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?