Week 25: Under The Weather With The Weather


This week we have been dealing with vocabulary related to the weather and I have chosen 2 news in which this vocabulary (highlighted) is used:

The first one is from https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/powerful-storm-to-cross-us-this-week-with-snow-rain-high-winds-and-severe-weather/70007908 about a powerful storm to cross US this week with snow, rain, high winds and severe weather:

A storm from the Pacific Ocean will gain strength and threaten the heartland with high winds, severe thunderstorms and blizzard conditions as it crosses the United States during the middle of this week. This potent storm is scheduled to arrive in Northern California and southern Oregon early this week. As this storm crosses the country, it will pack a punch in many areas with strong winds, but there will also be the potential for heavy snow, severe thunderstorms and perhaps even aggravated flooding in some locations.

The second one is from https://weather.com/news/news/2019-04-01-china-wildfire-sichuan-mountain-deaths about a Lightning Sparked Wildfire That Kills 31 People in China:

Lighting sparked a forest fire in mountainous western China last month that killed 27 fire fighters and four local helpers in one of the country's deadliest days for first responders, investigators said. Acting on accounts of eyewitnesses in Sichuan province's Muli county, investigators located an 18-meter pine tree split by lightning that they identified as the fire's origin point. They said that after igniting the tree, the fire spread to the thick layer of decomposed plant material on the ground known as humus lying in a remote area at an altitude of around 3,800 meters. The 31 died after wind, dry air and combustible material creative an explosive effect. A surviving fire fighter said the fire advanced so quickly that trees on the ridge were consumed within seconds, with flames rocketing up as if "someone triggered a huge flamethrower."

On the other hand, I have looked out 2 graphics about the amount of population in both Spain and France in order to interpret and compare them. The graphics are quite easy to interpret since we have the population, male and female, of Spain and France in 2000; we can observe how old and how many people were. The difference between them comes from how the information is given. The Spanish graphic show the population in millions depending on how old they were and the French graphic show the population in percentage. Here are the graphics:







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