New Weather System to Bring Heavy Rain to 21 Indian States
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A new weather system is coming to India. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is the government weather office. It gave a new alert. An alert is a warning about danger.
The IMD says 21 states will get heavy rain. This will happen in the next 18 hours. There will also be thunderstorms. A thunderstorm has strong wind and loud noise from the sky.
Wind will blow very fast. The speed will be about 75 kilometers per hour. There is also a warning for lightning. Lightning is a bright light in the sky during a storm. It can be dangerous.
States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha will get heavy rain. But in Delhi and the area near it, called NCR, the rain has become slow. NCR means the National Capital Region.
The monsoon is the rainy season in India. It usually brings a lot of rain. This new weather system will make the monsoon strong again in many states.
People in these states should be careful. They should check the weather news every day.
Vocabulary6 words
- alert
- a warning about something dangerous
- thunderstorm
- a storm with strong wind, rain, and loud noise
- lightning
- a bright light in the sky during a storm
- monsoon
- the season with a lot of rain in India
- IMD
- the government office that studies weather in India
- NCR
- the area in and around Delhi city
Quiz
Answer key
1. 21 2. 75 km/h 3. True
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A new weather system is coming to _____. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave a new _____.
The IMD says _____ states will get heavy rain in the next _____ hours.
There will also be _____. Wind will blow at about _____ kilometers per hour.
There is also a warning for _____, which is dangerous.
In Delhi and _____, the rain has become slow.
The _____ will become strong again in many states.