Heavy Rain Alerts Across India: Floods in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
India is having very bad weather this week.
The IMD gave a rain alert for 14 districts in Madhya Pradesh. The IMD is India's weather office. An alert is a strong warning.
The weather office said heavy rain will come for 72 hours. 72 hours is three days.
In Bihar, the Ganga river is very full. People say the river is on flood level. A flood is water covering dry land.
In Uttar Pradesh, 19 districts have floods now. A district is a small area of a state.
In Himachal Pradesh, heavy rain has hurt 125 roads. Many roads are closed.
The IMD says people must be careful. More rain can come soon.
Local governments are watching the rivers and roads. They want to help people stay safe.
Vocabulary15 words
- IMD
- India's weather office; it tells people about rain and storms
- alert
- a strong warning about danger
- flood
- too much water covering land that is normally dry
- district
- a small area inside a state
- monsoon
- the season with very heavy rain in India
- overflow
- when water goes over the edge of a river
- heavy rain
- very strong and large amounts of rain
- state
- a big area of a country with its own government
- weather
- the rain, sun, wind, or cold outside
- warning
- words that tell people about danger
- closed
- not open; people cannot use it
- safe
- not in danger
- river
- a long line of water that flows across land
- damage
- harm or breaking of something
- government
- the group of people who run a country or state
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1. Madhya Pradesh 2. It is very full and near flood level 3. True
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India is having very bad _____ this week.
The IMD gave a rain _____ for 14 districts in Madhya Pradesh.
The weather office said heavy rain will come for 72 _____.
In Bihar, the Ganga river is very _____.
In Uttar Pradesh, 19 districts have _____ now.
In Himachal Pradesh, heavy rain has hurt 125 _____.
The IMD says people must be _____.
Local governments are watching the rivers and _____.
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