Hot Weather Returns to Italy, With Temperatures Up to 40°C
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Hot weather is coming back to Italy. Temperatures can reach 40°C in some places.
A new anticyclone is moving over the country. This brings hot and dry air.
The heat will be strong in the Centre and the South of Italy. But the North will be different.
In the North, there will be storms. Italy is now divided in two parts: hot in the south, wet in the north.
People in the hot areas should drink water and stay cool. The weather can change fast in some places.
Vocabulary5 words
- anticyclone
- a big area of high air pressure that brings dry, often hot weather
- Centre
- the middle part of a country
- South
- the lower part of a country on a map
- North
- the upper part of a country on a map
- storms
- bad weather with strong wind, rain, or thunder
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Answer key
1. Hot weather is coming back 2. Up to 40°C 3. True
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Hot weather is coming back to Italy. Temperatures can reach _____ in some places.
A new _____ is moving over the country. This brings hot and dry air.
The heat will be strong in the _____ and the _____ of Italy. But the North will be different.
In the North, there will be _____.
Italy is now divided in two parts: hot in the south, wet in the _____.
People in the hot areas should drink _____ and stay cool.
The weather can change fast in some _____.
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