The question is asking you to give two reasons why the article says Britain might have another wet winter.
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Britain faces a repeat of last winter's flood chaos with three months of torrential downpours on the way.
Flood warnings are already in place for the south-west after last week's heavy rain. Five people had to be rescued from their stranded cars at the weekend and floods closed the road yesterday between Exmouth and Exeter in Devon.
Last winter was the wettest on record. More than 20 inches of rain fell across the UK, the highest total since records began in 1910.
Although this year will have some way to go to beat that, early signals suggest exceptionally wet weather over the next three months. The Met Office said, 'Spells of wet and windy weather may be more frequent than is typical.'
Nathan Rao: adapted from 'MORE flood woe for Britain? Forecasters' shock warning of WETTEST winter for 30 YEARS' from The Express (The Express, 16th November 2014)
Give two reasons why this article suggests that Britain might have another wet winter.
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- Read the question. Read it again. What is it asking?
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- Re-read the text and look for evidence that tells us it's going to be wet again.
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It says there are three months of heavy rain on the way.
- The question asks for two reasons so keep reading.
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It says that five people had to be rescued at the weekend because of floods and it also says that floods have already closed a road in Devon.
- Choose your answers and write them on the answer lines.
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The forecast is for three months of heavy rain and at the weekend five people had to be rescued because of floods.
- Check your answer.