Late Summer Heat Continues, but Storms Are Coming Too
Listen to the story
The end of August and the start of September will still be hot. But there will also be big storms.
The climate crisis is making the sea warmer. A warmer sea can make rain stronger. This means storms can bring more rain than before.
Experts say there is a risk of stronger medicanes. A medicane is a storm like a hurricane, but it happens in the Mediterranean Sea.
There is also a weather pattern called El Niño. It can change weather around the world. A new timelapse video shows what autumn weather might look like this year.
People should be ready for hot days and strong storms in the next weeks.
Vocabulary15 words
- storm
- very bad weather with strong wind and rain
- climate crisis
- big problem with Earth's weather getting hotter
- medicane
- a strong storm like a hurricane in the Mediterranean Sea
- El Niño
- a weather pattern that changes temperatures around the world
- timelapse
- a video that shows change over time, very fast
- risk
- chance that something bad happens
- warmer
- more hot
- expert
- person who knows a lot about something
- pattern
- something that happens again and again
- autumn
- the season after summer
- strong
- very powerful
- weather
- how hot, cold, wet, or windy it is outside
- rain
- water that falls from the sky
- sea
- big area of salt water
- world
- the Earth and all its places
Quiz
Answer key
1. Hot weather 2. A strong storm like a hurricane in the Mediterranean 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The end of August and the start of September will still be _____. But there will also be big _____.
The _____ is making the sea warmer. A warmer sea can make rain stronger. This means storms can bring more rain than before.
Experts say there is a _____ of stronger _____. A medicane is a storm like a hurricane, but it happens in the Mediterranean Sea.
There is also a weather pattern called _____. It can change weather around the world. A new _____ video shows what autumn weather might look like this year.
People should be ready for hot days and strong _____ in the next weeks.