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Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Expected Across Algeria

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Algeria will have bad weather this week. The national weather office gave a new warning. It said heavy rain will fall on 30 provinces this evening.

A province is a big area of a country. Algeria has many provinces. Thirty of them will get heavy rain today.

Tomorrow is Thursday. The weather office says there will be big thunderstorms. A thunderstorm is rain with loud noise and light in the sky.

On Friday, strong winds will come to many provinces. Wind is moving air. Strong wind can be dangerous.

The weather office tells people to be careful. People should check the weather news every day this week.

Vocabulary5 words

national
about the whole country
warning
words that tell people about danger
thunderstorms
storms with loud noise and light
winds
moving air
province
a big part of a country

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1. How many provinces will get heavy rain this evening?
2. What will happen on Thursday?
3. Strong winds are expected on Friday. True or false?

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Algeria will have bad weather this week. The _____ weather office gave a new _____. It said heavy rain will fall on 30 _____ this evening.

A province is a big area of a country. Algeria has many provinces. Thirty of them will get heavy _____ today.

Tomorrow is Thursday. The weather office says there will be big _____. A thunderstorm is rain with loud noise and light in the sky.

On Friday, strong _____ will come to many provinces. Wind is moving air. Strong wind can be dangerous.

The weather office tells people to be _____. People should check the weather news every day this week.

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