history: Due to heavy rainfall last month, my hometown was almost completely flooded. Most of the houses in the small town are no condemned and the whole area has been declared a disaster area. Last month_comma_ this area got pounded with rainfall. My entire home town was flooded and declared a disaster area.
current: Wow. That's intense. Did your home get any damage?
next: No, I move away from there some years ago, but I hate seeing the place I grew up basically destroyed now.