Temperatures in India soared to 47°C in some parts of the country. The heat claimed 1,700 lives in just one week. It was so hot that even the roads melted.
The electricity grid was overused, and tens of thousands of people were left without power supply. Hospitals struggled to help all he people who are sick because of the extreme weather.
People should stay out of the sun, cover their heads and drink a lot of water. Cooler, rainy weather is on its way to India, but it will be weeks before the whole subcontinent cools down.
Difficult words: soar (to increase, go up), melt (to change from a solid thing to a thing that is like water), struggle (to do something difficult and to have problems doing it).
You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.
Story and video from: http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/very-hot-weather-in-india-level-2/
Quiz by Toni
1. What is India?
2. What was the weather like in India?
3. It was so hot that 1,700 people __________ in one week.
4. When people were left without power supply, they didn’t have _______________.
5. The hospitals struggled to help people. It was ___________ to help people.
6. Many people were ___________ because of the extremely hot weather.
7. Different weather is on its way to India. It will be ________________.
8. When the weather is very hot people should __________________.
9. It was very hot in India. The roads melted. The roads were ___________.
10. When the temperature soars it goes ________ a lot. It gets very hot.
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