Strong Storms to Hit Southeast France This Thursday
Listen to the story
There is news about the weather in France. Some departments will have big storms this Thursday. A department is a small area of France, like a region. The storms will be strong and dangerous.
Before this, France had a heatwave. A heatwave is many hot days together. It was very hot in many parts of the country. Now the weather will change.
The storms will come mostly in the south-east of France. This is one side of the country. The storms will happen at the end of the week.
After the heatwave, the weather will become stormy. Stormy weather has rain, wind, and sometimes thunder and lightning. Thunder is a loud sound. Lightning is a bright light in the sky.
This weekend, the weather will also be less hot. The heatwave is finishing. People in France should be ready for storms and cooler days.
Vocabulary15 words
- department
- a small area of France; like a region
- storm
- very bad weather with strong wind and rain
- heatwave
- many very hot days together
- south-east
- one side of a country or area
- stormy
- weather with storms
- thunder
- a loud sound in a storm
- lightning
- a bright light in the sky during a storm
- less hot
- not as hot as before
- weather
- how hot, cold, wet, or windy it is
- region
- a part of a country
- dangerous
- can hurt you
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- cooler
- less hot
- France
- a country in Europe
- news
- information about what is happening
Quiz
Answer key
1. Big storms 2. A heatwave 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
There is news about the weather in France. Some _____ will have big _____ this Thursday.
Before this, France had a _____. It was very hot in many parts of the country.
The storms will come mostly in the _____ of France.
After the heatwave, the weather will become _____.
This weekend, the weather will also be _____. The heatwave is finishing.