Hurricane Harvey – level 3
31-08-2017 15:00
In the US, Texas is getting ready for the strongest storm to come to the mainland in 12 years. Scientists named this storm Hurricane Harvey, and it could become a Category 3 hurricane, which means that its winds will reach 210 kilometres/hour.
In coastal regions, the government issued mandatory evacuations and at 100 miles inland, people reinforced their homes. A sheriff warned people that they needed to leave and that he would not send boats to rescue them if they chose to stay.
Once the hurricane hits land, if the eye of the storm sits in one place, there could be days and days of rain.
Difficult words: issue (officially say), mandatory (when you have to do something), reinforce (make protections, make stronger), eye of the storm (the middle of a hurricane; on the outside of the eye, the storm is the strongest).
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