Heavy Rain Floods Central Bilbao, Causes Problems in Bizkaia
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Heavy rain fell on Bilbao, a city in Spain.
The rain was very strong. It flooded streets in the center of the city.
Bilbao is in a region called Bizkaia. Many problems happened there.
The storm also caused power cuts. This means people had no electricity.
Near Bizkaia is another region called Gipuzkoa. There, officials gave a yellow warning.
A yellow warning tells people that bad weather is coming.
The storm was very strong and sudden. People call this a violent storm.
Water covered many streets in Bilbao. Cars and people had problems moving.
Workers are now fixing the problems from the storm.
People in the area are careful because of more possible rain.
Vocabulary7 words
- flooded
- covered with a lot of water
- power cuts
- times when electricity stops working
- yellow warning
- a message that says weather could be a little dangerous
- violent storm
- a storm that is very strong and sudden
- region
- a big area of a country
- incidents
- small problems or events
- officials
- people who work for the government
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1. Bilbao 2. Power cuts 3. Gipuzkoa
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Heavy rain fell on _____, a city in Spain.
The rain was very strong. It _____ streets in the center of the city.
Bilbao is in a region called _____. Many problems happened there.
The storm also caused _____. This means people had no electricity.
Near Bizkaia is another region called _____. There, officials gave a yellow warning.
A yellow warning tells people that _____ weather is coming.
The storm was very strong and sudden. People call this a _____ storm.
Water covered many streets in Bilbao. Cars and people had problems _____.
Workers are now fixing the _____ from the storm.
People in the area are careful because of more possible _____.
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