Forecasting a Flood

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Julian looked up and smiled It was 8 30 a m He had been watching the clock since he had arrived at school Today his mom was coming to his class to talk about weather Mrs Higgins was a meteorologist Besides doing daily weather reports on television she helped people learn about natural disasters It had been raining heavily off and on for the past week where Julian lived The wide Red River that ran near the town had been rising steadily As the river came closer to flooding Julian’s teacher Mr Yang had asked Mrs Higgins to visit the class Julian could not wait for his mom to visit his class PREDICTING THE WEATHER CHAPTER 1 4