Ejercicio Text 1 - 2 · Inglés PAU Extremadura Extraordinaria 2026

Text 1: Europe feels the impact of weeks of wet weather and freezing cold

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated in Spain, Portugal and Morocco after Storm Leonardo caused widespread flooding. Emergency services and the military have been helping rescue people from their homes with residents who remain warned to leave immediately.

Saturday saw the arrival of Storm Marta, which brought more rain to the region. Other parts of Europe have been gripped by very cold weather. All this is due to a weather pattern that hasn't changed for weeks.

Iberia has been particularly badly affected by spells of wet and windy weather since the turn of the year. So far this year there have been six major low-pressure systems to hit the Iberian Peninsula in 2026. The most recent was Storm Leonardo. This brought exceptionally wet weather to the Algarve in Portugal and Andalucia in Spain. In this region of Spain, 3,500 people have been evacuated as river levels reached record highs. More than 100 roads have been closed in affected areas due to flooding, landslides or fallen trees (and some high-speed rail services were suspended).

Grazalema, in a mountainous area of Andalucia, recorded 672mm of rain in a day-and-a-half. This is almost the same amount that London gets in a year. Wind gusts of 100kmh or more are forecast across Iberia, together with 10-metre waves along the west coast of Portugal. The storm will push rain eastwards right across the Mediterranean early next week, continuing the very unsettled weather here.

Impacts of these storms are not just being seen in Europe, though. Tunisia saw its heaviest rainfall in more than 70 years in January. There has also been severe weather and flooding in Algeria. Morocco has been particularly badly hit in recent weeks. Last month the port of Tangier saw around four times its January average rainfall and more heavy rain hit the north on Wednesday in association with Storm Leonardo. The army has been deployed to help with evacuations amid a red alert for more heavy rainfall this week. More than 140,000 people in northern parts of the country have been evacuated already.

Source: www.bbc.com (February 2026. Adapted)

2. Answer 2 of the following 3 questions with one or two sentences. Use your own words as far as possible. Marks: 2 points (1 point per correct answer).

A.

What are the characteristics of the weather described in the text?

B.

What have the main consequences been for people and infrastructure?

C.

How is this weather unusual, comparatively speaking?