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Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Forecast for Valencia on Monday

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The weather will be bad in Valencia, Spain, on Monday, October 19.

There will be torrential rain. This means very heavy rain in a short time.

There will also be storms with thunder and lightning.

Strong gusts of wind will blow in many areas. A gust is a sudden, fast wind.

The weather agency is called AEMET. AEMET makes weather forecasts for Spain.

AEMET says temperatures will go up too. They may reach 30 degrees in some places.

This is strange weather. It will be rainy and stormy, but also warm.

People in Valencia should be careful on Monday.

They should check the weather news before they go outside.

Strong wind and heavy rain can be dangerous.

Vocabulary10 words

torrential rain
very heavy rain that falls fast
storms
bad weather with thunder, lightning, or strong wind
strong gusts
sudden, fast movements of wind
AEMET
Spain's official weather agency
forecast
information about weather in the future
temperatures
how hot or cold something is
degrees
units used to measure temperature
weather agency
a group that studies and reports weather
dangerous
able to hurt people
rise
to go up

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1. What kind of rain will Valencia have on Monday?
2. What will temperatures do, according to AEMET?
3. AEMET is Spain's weather agency. True or false?

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The weather will be _____ in Valencia, Spain, on Monday, October 19.

There will be _____. This means very heavy rain in a short time.

There will also be _____ with thunder and lightning.

_____ of wind will blow in many areas.

The weather agency is called _____.

AEMET says _____ will go up too.

They may reach 30 _____ in some places.

People in Valencia should be careful on _____.

Strong wind and heavy rain can be _____.

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