Storm System to Bring Strong Storms and Hail to Spain This Weekend
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Big weather changes are coming to Spain this weekend. A weather system called a DANA will bring strong storms. This will happen in the north, centre and east of the country.
The storms will bring hail. Hail is small balls of ice that fall from the sky. The storms may also bring reventones. A reventón is a very strong, sudden wind that comes down from a storm cloud.
Aemet is the name of Spain's weather agency. Aemet said the weather change will be "important." It will happen after some hot days.
Temperatures will go down this weekend. People in the north, centre and east should be careful. The weather can change fast during a DANA.
Vocabulary15 words
- DANA
- a type of storm system with cold air and rain
- hail
- small balls of ice that fall like rain
- reventones
- very strong, sudden winds from a storm
- Aemet
- the group that tells people about the weather in Spain
- storm
- bad weather with wind, rain and sometimes lightning
- temperature
- how hot or cold something is
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- weather system
- a big area of weather that moves
- sudden
- happening very fast, with no warning
- careful
- thinking about safety
- important
- very big; matters a lot
- change
- to become different
- centre
- the middle part
- north
- the top part of a map
- east
- the direction where the sun rises
Quiz
Answer key
1. Big weather changes 2. — 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Big weather changes are coming to Spain this _____. A weather system called a DANA will bring strong _____.
This will happen in the north, centre and _____ of the country.
The storms will bring _____. Hail is small balls of _____ that fall from the sky.
The storms may also bring _____. A reventón is a very strong, sudden _____ that comes down from a storm cloud.
_____ is the name of Spain's weather agency. Aemet said the weather change will be "important."
Temperatures will go _____ this weekend.