Japan's Weather Agency Warns of Rare High Temperatures Across Many Regions
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Japan's weather agency has a warning. It says the weather will be very hot soon.
The agency is called the Japan Meteorological Agency. It gives weather news for Japan.
This heat will start around the 19th of the month. It will happen in many places.
The places are Kanto-Koshin, Tokai, Kinki, the Pacific side of Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku, and Okinawa.
The agency says this is a 'once in ten years' level of heat. This means it is very rare.
Temperatures will be much higher than normal for this time of year. Normal means the usual weather.
This information is called 'early weather information'. It helps people get ready for big heat.
People in north Japan may feel a big change in temperature. This is called temperature change.
People in west and east Japan may have long late-summer heat. This is called lingering heat.
The agency wants people to be careful and stay safe in the hot weather.
Vocabulary6 words
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- the government group that studies and reports weather in Japan
- once in ten years
- something that happens very rarely, only one time in ten years
- normal
- the usual or typical amount or type
- early weather information
- a special weather warning given before something happens
- temperature change
- when the weather becomes hotter or colder quickly
- lingering heat
- hot weather that stays for a long time after summer
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Answer key
1. A warning about very high temperatures 2. It happens once every ten years 3. Around the 19th of the month
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Japan's weather agency has a _____. It says the weather will be very hot soon.
The agency is called the Japan _____ Agency. It gives weather news for Japan.
This heat will start around the _____ of the month. It will happen in many places.
The agency says this is a 'once in _____ years' level of heat. This means it is very rare.
Temperatures will be much higher than _____ for this time of year.
This information is called 'early weather _____'. It helps people get ready for big heat.
People in north Japan may feel a big _____ in temperature.
People in west and east Japan may have long late-summer _____.
The agency wants people to be _____ and stay safe in the hot weather.
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