Heavy Rain and Storm Warning Hit Kolkata and South Bengal
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A low-pressure area has moved close to Kolkata, a city in India.
It is bringing very heavy rain to South Bengal, a region near Kolkata.
There is also a storm warning for the sea near the coast.
Kolkata is having a bad time because of the rain.
Many roads are under water. People say the water is as high as their knees.
Public transport has stopped working in many places.
Buses and trains cannot move because of the flooding.
Weather officials have given a red alert for the area.
A red alert means the weather is very dangerous.
The rain is not stopping. It will continue on Tuesday too.
People in South Bengal must be careful this week.
The government is watching the weather closely.
Vocabulary15 words
- low-pressure area
- a weather system that can bring rain and storms
- storm warning
- a message that tells people a storm is coming
- public transport
- buses, trains, and other transport for everyone
- red alert
- the highest warning; very dangerous
- South Bengal
- a region in eastern India near Kolkata
- flooding
- when water covers land that is normally dry
- coast
- the land next to the sea
- region
- a large area of a country
- weather officials
- people who study and report the weather
- knee-deep
- water high enough to reach your knees
- disaster
- a very bad event that causes harm
- continue
- to keep happening
- dangerous
- able to hurt people
- careful
- paying close attention to stay safe
- close
- near
Quiz
Answer key
1. Close to Kolkata 2. It has stopped working 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A _____ has moved close to Kolkata, a city in India.
It is bringing very heavy rain to _____, a region near Kolkata.
There is also a _____ for the sea near the coast.
Kolkata is having a bad time because of the rain.
Many roads are under water. People say the water is as high as their _____.
_____ has stopped working in many places.
Buses and trains cannot move because of the _____.
Weather officials have given a _____ for the area.
A red alert means the weather is very _____.
The rain is not stopping. It will _____ on Tuesday too.