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⛈️ · Chapter 6 · Intermediate — Exercise 7: Weather Warning
Las alertas del tiempo también forman parte de la actualidad.
Lucía shows you how local Spanish media covers storms and risk: forecasts, flooding alerts, evacuations and practical information.
Phase 1 of 3 — Vocabulary
Words you need to know
Study these 10 words. You'll use them to talk about weather warnings, local risk and how to react to serious alerts.
la tormenta
→
storm
la alerta roja
→
red alert
la crecida
→
rise of water / swelling
el desbordamiento
→
overflow / flooding over
la evacuación
→
evacuation
el refugio
→
shelter
la previsión
→
forecast
el corte
→
cut / outage / road closure
la carretera
→
road
el aviso meteorológico
→
weather warning