Yellow Weather Alert Issued in 13 Italian Regions After Heatwave
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Italy had many hot days this week. This is called a heatwave. Now the weather is changing fast.
Officials gave a yellow alert for 13 regions. A yellow alert means people must be careful. Bad weather can happen soon.
Experts say there will be storms in many places. Storms bring strong wind and rain. Some storms will come very fast. People call this a flash storm.
Temperatures will go down after the storms. This means the weather will feel cooler.
In Rome and the Lazio region, there will be very heavy rain. People call this a cloudburst. It can cause fast flooding in streets.
There will also be hail in some places. Hail is small pieces of ice that fall from the sky. It can be dangerous for people and cars.
Officials tell people to be careful outside. They say check the weather news every day.
Vocabulary7 words
- heatwave
- many days of very hot weather
- yellow alert
- a warning that weather may become bad
- storms
- bad weather with strong wind and rain
- flash storm
- a storm that comes very fast
- cloudburst
- a sudden, very heavy rain
- flooding
- too much water covering streets or land
- hail
- small hard balls of ice that fall like rain
Quiz
Answer key
1. A heatwave 2. 13 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Italy had many hot days this week. This is called a _____. Now the weather is changing fast.
Officials gave a _____ for 13 regions. A yellow alert means people must be careful.
Experts say there will be _____ in many places. Storms bring strong wind and rain.
Some storms will come very fast. People call this a _____.
Temperatures will go down after the storms.
In Rome and the Lazio region, there will be very heavy rain. People call this a _____.
It can cause fast _____ in streets.
There will also be _____ in some places.
Officials tell people to be careful outside.