CNN News: 禍不單行!美國南部遭遇風暴襲擊

According to the weather channel, every state from Texas to the Mid- Atlantic was affected. The storms spawned dozens of tornadoes, knocked down trees, cut off electricity for hundreds of thousands and killed at least 18 people. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed.

據(jù)氣象頻道報道，從德克薩斯到大西洋中部的每個州都受到了影響。風暴引發(fā)了數(shù)十起龍卷風，刮倒了樹木，切斷了數(shù)十萬人的電力供應，造成至少18人死亡。數(shù)百座建筑物被毀。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We heard the rumble and we started looking and we saw the tornado. We could tell it was going to be about a mile or so south of us but you could hear it and you -- we knew that it was going to be bad.

未知男性：我們聽到了隆隆聲，四處尋找，然后看到了龍卷風。我們知道它在我們以南一英里左右的地方，但你能聽到，而且我們知道它會很糟糕。

AZUZ: And the system was still threatening Americans when we produced this show. It was moving northeast toward Virginia and even threatening New York with strong winds and heavy rain. 39 million people in 11 states faced the possibility of severe weather on Monday.

阿祖茲：當我們制作這個節(jié)目的時候，風暴系統(tǒng)仍然威脅著美國人。颶風正向弗吉尼亞州東北部移動，甚至可能給紐約帶來強風和暴雨。周一，11個州的3900萬人可能面臨惡劣天氣。

It was an emergency on top of an emergency. It brought new challenges to state governments, which we're trying to find a balance between keeping people safe from the storms and keeping people safe from coronavirus.

這是一個接一個的緊急情況。它給州政府帶來了新的挑戰(zhàn)，我們正努力在保護人們免受風暴襲擊和保護人們免受冠狀病毒感染之間找到平衡。

As severe weather approached Mississippi, government officials said finding shelter was more important than social distancing that they said if people went to a public shelter they should keep their noses and mouths covered.

隨著惡劣天氣逼近密西西比州，政府官員表示，尋找避難所比保持社交距離更重要。他們表示，如果人們?nèi)ス脖茈y所，應該把鼻子和嘴巴都遮住。

Louisiana's governor asked some hotels to provide rooms for people who lost their homes so they wouldn't have to risk catching coronavirus at a public shelter. Hot lines were setup to help them find a place to stay and states of emergency have been declared to speed up help to those who need it.

易斯安那州州長要求一些酒店為失去家園的人提供房間，這樣他們就不必冒險在公共避難所感染冠狀病毒。目前已經(jīng)設立了熱線幫助他們找到住處，并宣布進入緊急狀態(tài)，以加快向需要幫助的人提供幫助。