The document describes the weather patterns and seasons in Vietnam, including that spring is warm and wet, summer is hot and dry, autumn is cold and wet, and winter is very cold and foggy. It then discusses extreme weather events and natural disasters such as blizzards, wildfires, droughts, typhoons, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and tornadoes. Finally, it suggests having an emergency kit to prepare for natural disasters.

1. Created by Teacher Tess

2. How’s the weather in
Vietnam?

3. The Seasons

4. Spring
quite warm = mild
quite wet = drizzling
very wet = pouring

5. Summer
quite hot = dry
very hot = boiling, scorching
blue skies

6. Autumn / Fall
quite cold = chilly
quite wet = drizzling
windy

7. Winter
very cold = freezing
foggy

8. Do you think
weather patterns are
changing?

9. Extreme Weather and
Natural Disasters

10. Blizzard
a severe
storm with
very cold
strong winds
and a lot of
snow.

11. Wildfire
an
uncontrolled
fire in a forest
or a wooded
area

12. Drought
abnormally
dry weather
that damages
crops and
causes wells
to dry up

13. Typhoon
a strong
rainstorm
that develops
in the
western part
of the North
Pacific Ocean

14. Hurricane
a severe
rainstorm
that starts
over oceans
near the West
Indies and
Caribbean
Sea

15. Tsunami
a long, high
sea wave
caused by an
earthquake,
volcanic
eruptions, or
underwater
explosions

16. Earthquake
a shaking of
the Earth’s
surface
which can be
violent and
destructive

17. Tornado
a moving,
destructive
vortex of
violently
rotating winds
which look like
a funnel-
shaped cloud

18. What should you do to
prepare for a natural
disaster?

19. Emergency Kit

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