Heavy Storms Bring 150-200mm of Rain to Southeast France
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Heavy storms have hit the southeast of France. This weather is called a Mediterranean episode. It happens often in autumn near the sea. Big storms bring a lot of rain in a short time.
The storms brought between 150 and 200 millimetres of rain. This is a way to measure how much rain falls. This amount of rain is very high. It can cause problems like floods.
People are asking if the worst part of the storm is over. Weather experts are watching what will happen in the next few hours. They want to know if more rain will come.
In the Hérault area, local leaders opened a crisis unit. This is a special team that works during an emergency. They help keep people safe during bad weather.
The prefecture is the government office for the area. It decided to open the crisis unit. This shows the storm is serious and needs careful watching.
Vocabulary15 words
- Mediterranean episode
- a type of strong storm near the Mediterranean Sea
- millimetres
- a small unit used to measure rain
- crisis unit
- a team that helps during an emergency
- prefecture
- a local government office in France
- floods
- too much water covering land
- storms
- bad weather with strong rain or wind
- southeast
- a direction between south and east
- autumn
- the season after summer
- emergency
- a sudden dangerous situation
- amount
- how much of something there is
- weather experts
- people who study and predict weather
- area
- a place or region
- serious
- very important or dangerous
- rain
- water falling from clouds
- safe
- not in danger
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1. 150-200mm 2. — 3. True
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