Completar frases Vocabulary - climate and extreme weatherVersión en línea Complete the text with words from the box. Use plural forms if necessary. por Florencia Campodónico 1 Complete the text with words from the list . Use plural forms if necessary . drought ? fire ? flood ? heatwave ? landslide ? storm ? rainfall ? wind In the past , nobody paid any attention if we had high temperatures in April . We just enjoyed the unexpected and went to the beach . Nowadays , however , we worry that it is a sign of climate change . The question , of course , is whether we should be worried . Extreme weather in 2013 and 2014 suggests we really should . In late 2013 and early 2014 , California experienced so little rain and was so dry that it had its worst ever . In the same period , the UK had its wettest period in recent history . Heavy and continuous rainfall resulted in terrible floods because rivers were so high that the water came into towns . Strong came in from the Atlantic Ocean and destroyed buildings . The fourth worst tropical in history destroyed villages and towns in the Philippines in November 2013 . The powerful winds and heavy rain killed hundreds . In Australia , it was so hot and dry that started in the forests and were out of control for days . And in Washington state in the US , many died when , after weeks of heavy rain , a came down a mountain , carrying rocks and soil and destroying all the buildings in its path . It really does seem that the world's weather is changing .
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