Cyclone Brings Storms and Hail Risk to Eight Brazilian States
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A big cyclone is hitting Brazil this Tuesday. It brings storms to eight states.
There is a risk of hail in these states. Hail is small balls of ice that fall from the sky.
The state of Rio Grande do Sul has strong storms. There is heavy rain and strong wind.
The storms will continue until Tuesday, September 29. Winds can reach 100 km/h.
This weather comes from an extratropical cyclone. It is a big storm system from outside the hot areas of the world.
People in these states need to be careful. Strong wind and hail can be dangerous.
Vocabulary15 words
- cyclone
- a very big storm with strong winds
- hail
- small balls of ice that fall like rain
- extratropical cyclone
- a big storm that forms outside hot ocean areas
- state
- a big part of a country, like a region
- storm
- very bad weather with wind and rain
- gust
- a sudden strong wind
- risk
- a chance that something bad happens
- intense
- very strong
- forecast
- what people say the weather will be
- region
- a big area of land
- weather system
- a big pattern of wind and rain
- impact
- the effect of something
- warning
- telling people about danger
- km/h
- kilometers per hour, a speed measure
- affect
- to have an effect on something
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1. Eight 2. Sand 3. Up to 100 km/h
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A big _____ is hitting Brazil this Tuesday. It brings storms to eight _____.
There is a risk of _____ in these states. Hail is small balls of ice that fall from the sky.
The state of Rio Grande do Sul has strong storms. There is heavy rain and strong _____.
The storms will continue until Tuesday, September 29. Winds can reach 100 _____.
This weather comes from an _____ cyclone. It is a big storm system from outside the hot areas of the world.
People in these states need to be _____. Strong wind and hail can be dangerous.
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