Hurricane Polo's Moisture Brings Flood Risk to Texas
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Hurricane Polo brought a lot of rain to the U.S. Southwest.
Now, wet air from Polo is moving into Texas.
Weather experts say this can cause a flood.
A flood happens when water covers land that is usually dry.
This kind of weather event is called a flash flood.
A flash flood happens very fast, often in minutes or hours.
The wet air is called a moisture plume.
A moisture plume is a long line of wet air in the sky.
Weather reporter Amber Lee shared this forecast.
A forecast tells people what the weather will be like.
People in Texas should watch the weather news.
They should be ready for possible floods.
Vocabulary15 words
- flood
- too much water covering land that is normally dry
- flash flood
- a flood that happens very fast
- moisture plume
- a long stream of wet air moving through the sky
- forecast
- information about what the weather will be
- remnant
- a small part that is left from something bigger
- hurricane
- a very strong storm with fast winds and rain
- Southwest
- the part of the U.S. that is in the south and west area
- rain
- water that falls from clouds
- weather expert
- a person who studies and explains the weather
- risk
- the chance that something bad will happen
- dry
- having no water
- wet
- having water on or in it
- storm
- bad weather with strong wind and rain
- news
- information about what is happening
- sky
- the space above the earth where clouds and rain come from
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1. Wet air from Hurricane Polo 2. It happens very fast 3. Amber Lee
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Hurricane Polo brought a lot of _____ to the U.S. Southwest.
Now, wet air from Polo is moving into _____.
Weather experts say this can cause a _____.
A flood happens when water covers land that is usually _____.
This kind of weather event is called a _____ flood.
A flash flood happens very fast, often in minutes or _____.
The wet air is called a moisture _____.
A moisture plume is a long line of wet air in the _____.
Weather reporter Amber Lee shared this _____.
People in Texas should watch the weather _____.
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