Cyclone Harry Brings Record 16.6-Metre Wave to Mediterranean Sea
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A big storm called Cyclone Harry hit the Mediterranean Sea.
Scientists found a wave that was 16.6 metres high.
This is the biggest wave ever seen in the Mediterranean Sea.
The storm also made smaller waves, about 8 metres high.
These waves hit a beach called Poetto in Sardinia, Italy.
Water covered the beach for many kilometres.
People said the storm's power was very strong and new.
Universities in Bari and Catania did a study about the storm.
They want to understand how strong Cyclone Harry really was.
This storm shows the sea can make very big waves.
Experts are watching the weather in the Mediterranean closely now.
They want to learn more about storms like this one.
Vocabulary15 words
- Cyclone
- a very big storm with strong wind
- Mediterranean
- a big sea between Europe and Africa
- record
- the biggest or best ever measured
- wave
- moving water in the sea
- university
- a big school for older students
- storm
- bad weather with strong wind and rain
- flood
- when water covers land
- beach
- sand next to the sea
- study
- careful work to learn about something
- scientist
- a person who studies nature
- power
- how strong something is
- measure
- to find the size of something
- weather
- sun, rain, wind, or storms outside
- height
- how tall or high something is
- coast
- land next to the sea
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1. 16.6 metres 2. Poetto 3. True
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A big storm called Cyclone Harry hit the _____ Sea.
Scientists found a wave that was _____ metres high.
This is the biggest wave ever seen in the Mediterranean _____.
The storm also made smaller waves, about _____ metres high.
These waves hit a beach called _____ in Sardinia, Italy.
Water covered the beach for many _____.
People said the storm's power was very strong and _____.
Universities in Bari and _____ did a study about the storm.
They want to understand how strong Cyclone Harry really _____.
Experts are watching the _____ in the Mediterranean closely now.
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