Complete the dialogue with the missing words.

Write one word in each gap.

Alex: Hi! Did you watch the weather [ ] last night?

Sarah: I didn't. What's up?

Alex: Well, we're going to be snowed [ ].

Sarah: Do you mean we're in for a huge snowstorm?

Alex: Exactly! We'd better buy some food and stuff to have everything we need at hand.

Sarah: I agree. But the weather is quite agreeable by the [ ] of it; there are no signs of a disaster.

Alex: The weather is so changeable! For example, two years ago there was a horrific tornado in Texas. Everything had been fine five minutes before it. There had been no light breeze, no clouds in the sky. But then, like a [ ] from the blue, a tornado occurred. It tore [ ] several houses and left many people homeless.

Sarah: Goodness me! That's terrible!

Alex: Yes, it is! That's why we should be very careful even when the sky clears up.