one of the worst storms that Britain had ever known.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.

THE GREAT STORM

The Great Storm of 1987 is without a doubt the worst storm to have affected the United Kingdom in living memory. It wasn't only the damage and destruction caused by the storm itself, which still stays in people's minds today, but also how the people responsible for forecasting the weather got things so terribly (34)_____.
The night before the storm, the British MET Office informed the public that despite rumours of a hurricane on its way towards the country, the following day would just be very windy. It should come then as no surprise that people were furious when many woke up the next morning to excessive damage to property, trees that had been blown down, and no electricity. (35)____ people were severely injured and some even lost their lives in one of the worst storms (36)____Britain had ever known.
The whole incident highlighted how significant the media is to us and how inaccurate information can affect our lives. The MET Office has since updated its computer systems so that they can detect (37)_____ storms and bad weather in advance and give people sufficient warning. (38)_____ extreme storms are not very common in the United Kingdom, such events demonstrate the need to have efficient warning system in place to keep people safe.