--- title: Rain, floods and storms — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Rain, floods and storms», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Rain is fun to play in, but water hides things. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Rain, floods and storms # Rain, floods and storms Lesson 235 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 26 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/0/) — Rain is fun to play in, but water hides things. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/1/) — A puddle you cannot see the bottom of may hide a hole, an open drain or broken glass, and fast water in a gutter or ditch is much stronger than it looks. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/2/) — Floodwater is the big danger. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/3/) — Just 15 cm of moving water can knock a person off their feet, and 30 cm can float a car. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/5/) — In a thunderstorm, lightning strikes tall things and travels through water, metal and pipes. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/6/) — Indoors, keep out of the bath and shower and off corded phones; outdoors with no building near, get into a hard-topped car or crouch low away from trees, water and metal fences. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/7/) — Big storms such as hurricanes and cyclones are forecast days ahead, so families have time to prepare and to leave if told to. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/8/) — A warning is a gift of time: listen and act. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/9/) — Example: a boy in Houston, Texas, sees a road covered in brown water on the way home. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/10/) — The water looks only ankle deep, but his dad turns the car around, because nobody can see how deep or fast it really is. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/11/) — Jump only in shallow puddles away from roads, and never in water you cannot see the bottom of. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/12/) — Deep or flooded puddles can hide holes, drains and sharp things. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/13/) — On a wet day walk away from the kerb, because cars splash and wet roads make it harder for cars to stop. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/14/) — Keep away from storm drains, ditches and culverts, because fast water can sweep a child into a drain pipe. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/15/) — Just 15 cm of moving water can knock a person down and 30 cm can float a car, so turn around and never walk, ride or drive through floodwater. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/16/) — Never play or swim in floodwater, because it contains sewage, chemicals and hidden dangers. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/17/) — To see a rainbow, stand with the sun behind you and look towards the rain; it forms when sunlight bends in raindrops, and you can never reach its end, because it moves as you move. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/18/) — In a thunderstorm with no building nearby, get into a hard-topped car, or crouch low away from tall trees, water and metal fences. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/19/) — Lightning hits tall objects and travels through water, metal, pipes and phone wires. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/20/) — During a thunderstorm avoid baths, showers, washing up and corded phones until it passes. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/21/) — When big hailstones fall, go indoors and stay away from windows and skylights, because hail can hurt people and break glass. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/22/) — Before a hurricane or cyclone, bring in loose garden things, pack an emergency kit and follow evacuation orders, because strong winds turn loose objects into missiles and storm surges flood coasts. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/23/) — When a severe weather warning comes on the radio, TV or phone, listen and do what it says with your family; warnings give time to get safe. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/24/) — A family in Texas drove into a flooded road thinking it was shallow; the water swept the car off the road and they had to be rescued from the roof. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/26/) — Most people who die in floods are in cars or are walking through water; just a little fast water can sweep a car away. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/27/) — Lightning often strikes tall things, so standing under a tree in a storm is dangerous. - ← previous: [Snow, ice and strong sun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/) - next →: [Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)