Weather Alert in Tuscany: Rain and Storms Expected on Tuesday
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There is bad weather in Tuscany, a region in Italy. On Tuesday, there will be rain and storms.
Officials made a weather alert for the whole region. This means people must be careful.
The storms can bring strong wind. They can also bring hail. Hail is small pieces of ice that fall like rain.
Bad weather already hit Tuscany before. People are now checking the damage from that bad weather.
Local groups are watching the sky. They want to keep people safe from the storms.
People in Tuscany should listen to the news. They should stay safe during the storms on Tuesday.
Vocabulary15 words
- Tuscany
- a place in Italy
- storms
- very bad weather with rain and wind
- weather alert
- a warning about bad weather
- hail
- small hard balls of ice that fall from the sky
- damage
- harm done to things
- region
- a part of a country
- officials
- people who work for the government
- strong
- having a lot of power
- safe
- not in danger
- careful
- paying close attention
- sky
- the space above us
- local
- in one place near you
- already
- before now
- whole
- all of something
- bad weather
- weather that can hurt people or things
Quiz
Answer key
1. Tuscany 2. Tuesday 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
There is bad weather in _____, a region in Italy. On Tuesday, there will be rain and _____.
Officials made a _____ for the whole region. This means people must be careful.
The storms can bring strong wind. They can also bring _____. Hail is small pieces of ice that fall like rain.
Bad weather already hit Tuscany before. People are now checking the _____ from that bad weather.
Local groups are watching the _____. They want to keep people safe from the storms.
People in Tuscany should listen to the news. They should stay _____ during the storms on Tuesday.