Weather Alert: Heavy Rain, Winter Cold and Snow Arrive in Catalonia
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The weather is changing fast in Catalonia, Spain.
Meteocat is the weather service there. It gave a weather alert.
The alert is for strong rain, winter cold, and snow.
Barcelona is getting ready for cold weather and rain.
Meteocat says it will rain for four days in a row.
The rain starts soon, from this Monday.
On Monday, temperatures are falling in Catalonia.
The first rain is coming to the coast.
People need to be careful with the bad weather.
Cold winds are coming from winter.
Snow may fall in some places.
This is a big change from before.
Before, the weather was warmer and dry.
Now, people need coats and umbrellas.
The alert helps people stay safe.
Vocabulary15 words
- Meteocat
- the group that checks the weather in Catalonia
- alert
- a warning about danger
- coast
- land next to the sea
- radical change
- a very big change
- temperature
- how hot or cold it is
- forecast
- what the weather will be like
- intense
- very strong
- winter
- the coldest season
- snow
- white cold stuff that falls from the sky
- rain
- water falling from clouds
- cold front
- cold air moving into an area
- litoral
- the coast area, in Spanish
- drop
- to go down
- in a row
- one after another, without stop
- prepare
- to get ready
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1. Heavy rain, cold and snow 2. Up to four days 3. The coast
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The weather is changing fast in _____, Spain.
_____ is the weather service there.
It gave a weather _____.
The alert is for strong rain, winter cold, and _____.
_____ is getting ready for cold weather and rain.
Meteocat says it will rain for _____ days in a row.
The rain starts soon, from this _____.
On Monday, _____ are falling in Catalonia.
The first rain is coming to the _____.
Cold winds are coming from _____.
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