Red Alerts Issued as Heavy Rain Hits Spain
Spain is having a lot of rain and storms. The weather agency Aemet gave red alerts for two areas: Catalonia and the Valencian Community.
Red alerts mean very dangerous weather. People must be careful. Almost all of Spain has some kind of rain warning now.
Three other areas have orange alerts. Orange is less dangerous than red, but still serious.
The bad weather will not stop soon. Experts say the storms will continue until Wednesday. People should take an umbrella this weekend and next week too.
This weather event is called a temporal in Spanish. It means a long period of storms and rain.
Vocabulary15 words
- Aemet
- the national weather agency of Spain
- alert
- a warning about danger
- storms
- very bad weather with strong wind and rain
- temporal
- a long time of bad, stormy weather
- red alert
- the highest warning for very dangerous weather
- orange alert
- a warning for dangerous weather, less than red
- Catalonia
- a region in the northeast of Spain
- Valencian Community
- a region on the east coast of Spain
- weather agency
- a group that studies and reports weather
- umbrella
- a tool to stay dry in rain
- dangerous
- able to hurt people
- warning
- information that tells people to be careful
- region
- a part of a country
- rain
- water that falls from the sky
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
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1. Catalonia and the Valencian Community 2. Three 3. False
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Spain is having a lot of rain and _____. The weather agency Aemet gave red _____ for two areas: Catalonia and the Valencian Community.
Red alerts mean very _____ weather. People must be careful. Almost all of Spain has some kind of rain _____ now.
Three other areas have _____ alerts. Orange is less dangerous than red, but still serious.
The bad weather will not stop soon. Experts say the storms will continue until _____. People should take an _____ this weekend and next week too.
This weather event is called a _____ in Spanish. It means a long period of storms and rain.
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