Tornado richt ravage aan in Zuid-Frankrijk
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: BEGINNER (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Op maandag was er slecht weer in het zuiden van Frankrijk.
On Monday, there was bad weather in the south of France.
Een sterke tornado trok over het land.
A strong tornado moved across the land.
Eerst trof de storm de wielrenners van de Vuelta.
First, the storm hit the cyclists of the Vuelta race.
Grote hagelstenen vielen uit de lucht.
Large hailstones fell from the sky.
De renners moesten meteen stoppen.
The cyclists had to stop immediately.
Het weer richtte veel schade aan.
The weather caused a lot of damage.
Veel mensen maken nu de troep schoon.
Many people are now cleaning up the mess.
Het was een gevaarlijke dag voor iedereen daar.
It was a dangerous day for everyone there.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- bad weather
- slecht weer
- tornado
- tornado
- hailstones
- hagelstenen
- cyclists
- wielrenners
- damage
- schade
- dangerous
- gevaarlijk
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