Weather Alert: Heatwave Ends, Storms Expected in France
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There is a new weather alert in France. The hot weather, called a heatwave, is now going down. But there is a new problem for Sunday.
Weather experts say there will be strong storms. The storms can bring hail. Hail is small balls of ice that fall from the sky.
The storms can also bring strong gusts of wind. A gust is a sudden strong wind. These gusts can be very quick and strong.
61 departments in France are on yellow alert. A department is like a small area or region in France. Yellow alert means people must be careful.
Nine of these departments are in Occitanie. Occitanie is a region in the south of France.
Sunday will still be a hot day. But in some places, it will also be stormy. This means there can be thunder, lightning and rain.
Vocabulary9 words
- weather alert
- a warning about dangerous weather
- heatwave
- many hot days in a row
- storms
- bad weather with wind, rain, and thunder
- hail
- small balls of ice from the sky
- gusts
- sudden strong winds
- departments
- small areas of France, like regions
- yellow alert
- a warning that means be careful
- Occitanie
- a region in the south of France
- stormy
- having storms
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1. It is going down 2. 61 3. False
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There is a new _____ alert in France. The hot weather, called a _____, is now going down.
Weather experts say there will be strong _____. The storms can bring _____.
The storms can also bring strong _____ of wind.
61 _____ in France are on _____ alert.
Nine of these departments are in _____.
Sunday will still be a hot day. But in some places, it will also be _____.
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