Red Alert for Fires and Heat in Palermo, Italy
Palermo is a city in Sicily, Italy. Tomorrow, the city has a red alert. This means there is big danger. The danger is from fires and very hot weather.
Italy is having a heatwave. This means many days of very hot weather. In the south of Italy, it is very hot. The temperature is 38 degrees in some places.
In the north of Italy, the weather is a little better now. It is not so hot there today. But in the south, the heat continues.
In the city of Cremona, there was a tornado. A tornado is a strong, spinning wind. It can be very dangerous.
Friday will be very hot. People call this a heat record. This means the heat is higher than before. Saturday will also be hot. The hot weather is not finished yet.
Vocabulary6 words
- red alert
- a warning; it means big danger is coming
- fires
- when things burn; very hot and dangerous
- heatwave
- many days when the weather is very hot
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- tornado
- a very strong wind that spins fast
- heat record
- the highest heat ever measured
Quiz
Answer key
1. Palermo 2. Fires and heatwaves 3. No
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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Palermo is a city in Sicily, Italy. Tomorrow, the city has a _____. This means there is big danger. The danger is from _____ and very hot weather.
Italy is having a _____. This means many days of very hot weather. In the south of Italy, it is very hot. The _____ is 38 degrees in some places.
In the north of Italy, the weather is a little better now. It is not so hot there today. But in the south, the heat continues.
In the city of Cremona, there was a _____. A tornado is a strong, spinning wind. It can be very dangerous.
Friday will be very hot. People call this a _____. This means the heat is higher than before. Saturday will also be hot. The hot weather is not finished yet.