Spring Begins in Brazil with Rain, Storms and Falling Temperatures
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Spring starts this Tuesday in Brazil. It starts in the Centro-Sul region. This is the south-central part of Brazil.
There is rain and storms at the start of spring. The temperature is also going down. This means the weather gets cooler.
But spring will not stay cool. Experts think there will be heatwaves later. A heatwave is many hot days in a row.
They also think there will be more rain than normal in São Paulo. This is because of a weather pattern called El Niño.
This year, El Niño is very strong. People call it "Super El Niño." It can bring more storms. It can also bring very hot weather to São Paulo.
Vocabulary15 words
- Spring
- the season after winter, when it gets warmer
- Centro-Sul
- the south-central area of Brazil
- storms
- very bad weather with strong wind and rain
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- heatwaves
- many very hot days together
- weather pattern
- a way weather often happens
- El Niño
- a natural event that changes weather around the world
- forecast
- what people think the weather will be
- region
- a part of a country
- average
- the normal amount
- intense
- very strong
- frequency
- how often something happens
- drop
- to go down
- season
- one of the four parts of the year, like spring or summer
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
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1. On Tuesday 2. It goes down 3. False
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_____ starts this Tuesday in Brazil.
It starts in the _____ region.
There is rain and _____ at the start of spring.
The _____ is also going down.
Experts think there will be _____ later.
They also think there will be more rain than normal in _____.
This is because of a weather pattern called _____.
This year, El Niño is very _____.
People call it "Super _____."
It can bring very hot weather to _____.
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