Heavy Rain Alert Continues in Catalonia and Valencia, Spain
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There is a big storm in Spain. It is bringing heavy rain to Catalonia and Valencia. This is the second day of the storm.
Spain has two weather agencies. They are called Aemet and Meteocat. They gave a red alert for Tarragona and Castellón. A red alert means the danger is very high.
The rain is torrential. This means it falls very fast and hard. The rain does not stop. People call this kind of storm a temporal.
Because of the red alert, trains stopped running. Schools closed classes too. People stayed home. The streets became empty.
This area remembers a bad flood from before. People call it the dana. Many people in Catalonia and Valencia feel scared now. They worry the new storm could be bad like before.
Workers and officials are watching the weather closely. They want to keep people safe from floods.
Vocabulary15 words
- storm
- very bad weather with strong rain or wind
- Aemet
- the national weather agency of Spain
- Meteocat
- the weather agency of Catalonia
- red alert
- a warning that means big danger
- torrential
- rain that falls very fast and hard
- temporal
- a long, strong storm
- dana
- a past big flood event in Spain
- flood
- when water covers land that is usually dry
- cancel
- to stop something from happening
- empty
- with no people or things inside
- officials
- people who work for the government
- danger
- a chance of harm
- weather agency
- a group that studies and reports weather
- classes
- lessons at school
- scared
- feeling afraid
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Answer key
1. A heavy rain storm 2. Very high danger, needs action 3. True
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There is a big _____ in Spain. It is bringing heavy rain to Catalonia and Valencia.
Spain has two weather agencies called _____ and _____.
They gave a red _____ for Tarragona and Castellón.
The rain is _____, which means it falls very fast and hard.
Because of the alert, _____ stopped running and _____ closed.
This area remembers a bad _____ from before, called the dana.
Many people feel _____ because of the new storm.
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