Intense Heat and Heavy Rain Expected in Brazil This Spring
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Spring is starting in Brazil. The weather will be different in different places.
Strong heat will soon come to the coast of São Paulo. It will also come to the Southeast region. There is now a date for this hot weather.
But spring is starting with a lot of rain. There is a storm alert in Goiás. This means bad weather with strong wind and rain.
In Rio Grande do Sul, there is much more rain than normal. This is because of El Niño. El Niño is a weather pattern from the ocean. It can change rain and heat around the world.
People in Rio Grande do Sul are worried about floods. A flood happens when there is too much water on the land.
So this spring in Brazil has two big stories: hot weather on the coast, and heavy rain in other places.
Vocabulary15 words
- heat
- very hot weather
- storm
- bad weather with strong wind and rain
- El Niño
- a weather pattern from the ocean that changes rain and heat
- floods
- too much water on the land
- coast
- land next to the sea
- spring
- the season after winter
- region
- a big area of a country
- alert
- a warning about danger
- weather
- sun, rain, wind, or heat outside
- forecast
- what people think the weather will be
- average
- the normal amount
- worried
- feeling not calm because of a problem
- pattern
- something that happens again and again
- strong
- with a lot of power
- date
- a day on the calendar
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1. The coast of São Paulo and the Southeast 2. A storm alert 3. True
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Spring is starting in Brazil. The weather will be different in different _____.
Strong heat will soon come to the _____ of São Paulo. It will also come to the Southeast region.
But spring is starting with a lot of _____. There is a storm alert in Goiás.
In Rio Grande do Sul, there is much more rain than _____. This is because of El Niño.
El Niño is a weather _____ from the ocean.
People in Rio Grande do Sul are worried about _____.
A flood happens when there is too much _____ on the land.
So this spring in Brazil has two big stories: hot weather on the coast, and heavy _____ in other places.
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